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Ordnance Survey - Stirling county, OS Name Books - Stirling county - Volume 6 - Parish of Buchanan, OS1/32/6

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County Stirling

[Note under Bealach Gaoithe:]
"Bealach" - A pass
Gaoithe - Windy

[Note under Bealach Bràigh:]
Bràigh, - The upper part of any place
The omission of the final e to be marked by an apostrophe
gen. [genitive] sing. [singular] Braighe

[Note under Creag an Fhithich:]
"Fhitheich" from Fhitheach A raven
Gen. [genitive] sing. [singular] definite an Fhithich
McL [Macleod] & Dewar's Dicty. [Dictionary]

[Note under Creag Gobhlan-gaoithe:]
"Gobhlangaoithe" - A swallow
This word should be written with a hyphen for obvious reasons
Gen. [Genitive] case

Ordnance Survey - Stirling county, OS Name Books - Stirling county - Volume 6 - Parish of Buchanan, OS1/32/6

This volume contains information on place names found in the parish of Buchanan.

Ordnance Survey - Stirling 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 Stirling, which is in central Scotland. The boundaries of the county were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.

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