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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAIRN [Quarry Stone] | Quarry Stone Quarry Stone Quarry Stone |
Revd [Reverend] William Ronald, Cabrach. Mr John Robertson Bodiebae. Mr Alexander Simpson, Elrick. |
051 | A flat stone nearly sunk into the ground, with a small pile of stones Collected on it, forming a boundary mark between the Parishes of Cabrach, and Kildrummy, at the South West Corner of the Buck. This Cairn was set up as a point on the Boundary between the lands of the Earl of Mar and the Duke of Gordon so far back as the beginning of the 16th Century, and the name "Quarry Stone" given to it, occurs in the deeds of the same date. It is evidently an antiquity. ["Duke of Gordon" above is corrected] - Must have been Earl of Huntly. Dukedom came into family 1684 - Marquis 1599. [Signed] EHC Capt. R.E. [Captain Royal Engineers] |
| SNOWY SLACK | Snowy Slack Snowy Slack Snowy Slack |
Revd [Reverend] William Ronald, Cabrach. Mr John Robertson Bodiebae. Mr Alexander Simpson, Elrick. |
051 | A long narrow winding hollow, extending from Cookies-sheal Loch in a North Easterly direction for about a ΒΌ of a mile. Supposed to have taken its name on account of the snow laying for such a length of time. |
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[Page] 76Cabrach Parish
[Note under Cairn - Quarry Stone] - Adopted, agreeable to correspondence between Cap [Captain] Courtney & Cap [Captain] Parsons R.E. [Royal Engineers]
Feb: [February] & March 1867.
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