OS1/1/11/15

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  2. Ordnance Survey Name Books
  3. Aberdeenshire OS Name Books, 1865-1871
  4. Aberdeenshire volume 11
  5. OS1/1/11/15
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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
DEAD HAUGH Dead Haugh
Dead Haugh
Dead Haugh		 Revd [Reverend] Mr Ronald, Cabrach.
Mr Kellas. Farmer, Tornichelt.
Mr Gordon, Farmer, Auchmair.		 041 A small haugh below the Aultnaspirit Burn. Tradition states that it takes its name from the interment of dead in a fight about this place, between the Gordons' and McIntoshs' in which the former were victorious. This Haugh is connected also with Aultnaspirit, meaning the Ghost's Burn.

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Cabrach Parish

[Signed] R. Dickson, S.R.E. [Sapper, Royal Engineers]

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Aberdeenshire County, Cabrach Parish

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