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Ordnance Survey - Nairn county, OS Name Books - Nairn county - Volume 1 - Parishes of Ardclach, Cawdor, Croy and Dalcross and Moy and Dalarossie, OS1/22/1

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sides of the stone, but in the lowest compartment on one of them are two figures, seemingly in the Highland dress, and in the attitude of embrace. There is no tace of any writing, and tradition describes it to be a memorial of the unhappy fate of a Celtic princess, who eloped with a Danish lover, and was pursued to the birch-covered hill, called the Doune of Dunearn, on the verge of the Findhorn, from which, to avoid their pursuers, they precipitated themselves into the river, and perished together.

Ordnance Survey - Nairn county, OS Name Books - Nairn county - Volume 1 - Parishes of Ardclach, Cawdor, Croy and Dalcross and Moy and Dalarossie, OS1/22/1

This volume contains information on place names found in the parishes of Ardclach, Cawdor, Croy and Dalcross, and Moy and Dalarossie.

Ordnance Survey - Nairn 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 Nairn, 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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