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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
LOCH BROTHACHAN Loch Brothachan
Loch Brothachan
Loch Brothachan
L. [Loch] Vrotachan
Mr. J Morgan
Mr. A McIntosh
Mr. Angus McIntosh
Black's Large Map
111 A considerable loch situated in the hills which divide Braemar from Perthshire, near to Creag a' Choire Dhirich. The signification of this name cannot be correctly given but it is supposed by the authorities to signify the "Scabbed Little Loch.
LOCH VROTACHAN [1895] Mr. James Macdonald, The Fm. [Farm]. Huntly, N.B. [North Britain] 111 For 1" purposes only. See Remark in Index. 1895.
ALLT LOCH BHROTHACHAIN Allt Loch Brothachan
Allt Loch Brothachan
Allt Loch Brothachan
Mr. J Morgan
Mr. A McIntosh
Mr. Angus McIntosh
111 A stream issuing from Loch Brothachan, and flowing for a short distance northwestward till it empties itself into Baddoch Burn. Name signifies " Burn of the Scabbed Little Loch."
SRÒN NA FEINNE Sròn na Feinne
Sròn na Feinne
Sròn na Feinne
Mr. J Morgan
Mr. A McIntosh
Mr. Angus McIntosh.
111 A small hill situated between Loch Brothachan and Allt na Bruideidhe opposite Socach Mòr. Name signifies "Nose of the Fingalians". And a small hill situated farther north on the same range bears this name also.

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[Note relating to 'Loch Brothachan'] - MacIntosh gave it to me Loch Vrotachan. As the name is
obscure it might be well to adopt the English form both for the Loch & Burn. [Initialled] JMcD.

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