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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MARROT POT | Marrot Pot Marrot Pot Marrot Pot Marrit Pot |
Mr. William Bisset, Farmer, Ardtannes. John Bisset Esqr. Inverury Mr. John Donald, Innkeeper Inverury As given by Examiners of adjoining work. (Capt [Captain] Pratt's R.E. [Royal Engineers]) |
054 | A celebrated fishing pool in the river Don about half a mile west of Ardtannes farmsteading. So far as can be learned in the district the name is derived from the following legend related by John Bisset, Merchant Inverury whose ancestors have resided at Ardtannes for a long series of years. At one time a number of large trees grew on each side of the river Don intermingling their branches together across this "Pot" which formed a means of access across the river for the more courageous of the country people who preferred crossing here to going round by a bridge or ford. A certain woman - a gipsy, who from her violent temper and dissolute habits was a terror to the whole district, attempting to cross on the branches of the trees, lost her footing and was drowned. Her name was Meg Marrot and the place has ever since been known as "Marrot Pot", Meg's Pot, or Meg Marrot Pot, but the former is most generally used. |
| CHAPEL POT | Chapel Pot | Mr. William Bisset, Farmer, Ardtannes. John Bisset Esqr. Inverury Mr. John Donald, Innkeeper Inverury |
054 | A deep hole in the River Don |
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[Page] 85Parish of Inverury
"Marrot - The foolish Guillemot, a water fowl." (Jamieson)
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Kate51- Moderator, Geoffrey M Gill
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