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Ordnance Survey - Banff county, OS Name Books - Banff county - Volume 18 - Parishes of Inveravon and Kirkmichael, OS1/4/18

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Parish of Kirkmichael -- Co. [County] Banff.

[Note to Breac Leathad:]
Leitir and Leathad are appellatives applied
to Hillsides but the former is applied to more extensive slopes.
Leathad pronounced nearly like Leth.
Breac Leathad - the speckled slope or declivity.
Leth is evidently a mispelling of Leathad the pronunciation would be nearly
the same.
Note - Leathad is a common designation for a sloping ground or Hillside.

Ordnance Survey - Banff county, OS Name Books - Banff county - Volume 18 - Parishes of Inveravon and Kirkmichael, OS1/4/18

This volume contains information on place names found in the parishes of Inveravon, and Kirkmichael.

Ordnance Survey - Banff 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 Banff, 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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