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Ordnance Survey - Aberdeen county, OS Name Books - Aberdeen county - Volume 9 - Parishes of Birse, Aboyne and Glentannar and Glenmuick, OS1/1/9

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Parish of Glenmuick

*LACH-NA-GUALAINN
K, is more Le.
h is here wrong?
Should be "Lack-na-gualam" from Leac nan Colum i.e. The Pigeon Declivity
Leac is the word most commonly used JMcD

"Leac. A flat Stone, a declivity, a tomb stone."
"Gualann. A mountain projection, a shoulder"
"Lach - A wild duck, or A duck." (Gaelic.)

"Calman, Colman, Colum, Colm, A Dove or Pigeon" (Gaelic)

COIRE MEACAN
"Meacan - A root, tree, or plant."
"Coire - A circular hollow surrounded with hills, a mountain dell, a whirlpool." (Gaelic)

GLEN DUBH
*Lathach-na-Gualainn - the Moss (or peat bog, or Mire) of the Shoulder (of the Hill).
The pronunciation of this in the North Highlands is as near as possible Lach-na-Gualainn, and is considered to be a good rendering of the word.

BURN OF GLENDUBH
"Nom. [Nominative] - Dubh
Gen. [Genitive] - Duibhe
Black, dark, Sad Mournful." (Gaelic)

Ordnance Survey - Aberdeen county, OS Name Books - Aberdeen county - Volume 9 - Parishes of Birse, Aboyne and Glentannar and Glenmuick, OS1/1/9

This volume contains information on Aberdeenshire place names found in the parishes of Birse, Aboyne and Glentannar, and Glenmuick.

Ordnance Survey - Aberdeen county

Ordnance Survey was established in the 18th century to create maps, surveys and associated records for the entirety of Great Britain. These records are arranged by county. This entry has been created to enable searching for Ordnance Survey records for the county of Aberdeen, which is in the north east of Scotland. The boundaries of the county were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.

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