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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
CORREEN HILLS Correen Hill
Correen Hill
Correen Hill
Sir H.P. Gordon Bart [Baronet] Knockespock
Rev: [Reverend] John Minto Clatt
Mr. R Gordon Farmer Gordonstown
052 Is the name of a range of Hills extending from the farm of Edinbanchory eastwards to Benachie and is also a track of moorland district from the same hill leading within about a mile S [South] of Knockespock House: near the Southern portion of the district is a quarry bearing the same name.
HOLY WELL (Chalybeate) [Correen Hill] Holy Well
Holy Well
Holy Well
Mr. R. Gordon Farmer Gordonstown
Mr. Garrie Gamekeeper Knockespock
Rev: [Reverend] John Minto Clatt
052 A cold spring water impregnated with iron mineral.

This is a celebrated Well, situated on the northern slope of Correen Hill & forming the source of the Small Burn: it has been long celebrated for its medicinal qualities and is frequently resorted to for relief in different disorders. The mineral is so very strong that by filling a vessel full of water, emptying it out immediately, and then placing a silver coin (½ a crown) at the bottom of the vessel, the coin will adhere to it.
CASAICHE HOW Cashachie How
Cashachie How
Cashachie How
Mr. R. Gordon Farmer Gordonstown
Mr. Garrie Gamekeeper Knockespock
Rev [Reverend] John Minto Clatt
052 A marshy hollow feature, a little to the West of the source of Cashachie Burn.

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Parish of Clatt
Aberdeenshire

[note attached to "Correen Hills"]
Corran - A point of land stretching into the Sea." (Gaelic)

[note attached to Casaiche How]
"How - A hollow." Jamieson
See "Casaiche Burn."-

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