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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOP OF NOTH | Top of Noth Top of Noth Top of Noth |
Revd [Reverend] Mr Ronald. Cabrach. Rev. Dr. [Reverend Doctor] Mackay. Rhynie. Mr Donald. Watchmaker. Rhynie. |
042 | The name applies to a lofty Pap-like summit, rising abruptly from the ridge of the Hill of Noth, to an elevation of several hundred feet above it. It is very steep on all sides, and on the south side quite precipitous. It also presents a striking aspect from the contrast of herbage on it with that of the mountain below, the dark heath of the latter. all at once giving place to a green or grayish grassy turf, which covers it from its base to its summit. It commands an extensive view of the low country to the South, East and North, extending to the shores of the Moray Firth, and even to the mountains beyond it - and it is itself a conspicuous object from a distance. |
| VITRIFIED FORT (Remains of) [Tap o' Noth] | Vitrified Fort on Top of Noth | Revd [Reverend] Mr Ronald. Cabrach. Rev [Reverend] Dr[Doctor] Mackay. Rhynie. Mr Donald. Watchmaker. Rhynie. |
042 | But the circumstance of greatest interest connected with it, is the remains of an ancient fort. This is said to be one of the most extensive and perfect specimens of those Curious remains known as Vitrified Forts; from the stones of which they are composed, being more or less vitrified, or converted into a sort of Slag, by the action of heat. There are the remains of two lines of circumvallation round the hill. The upper which is of an elliptical form, keeping along the edge of the slope, encloses a space of about an acre measuring about five chains in length, by two in breadth, artificially levelled but [continued on page 66] |
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[Page] 65Parish of Rhynie
Note: Tap o' Noth - See Remark in Index 1895. Mr. James Macdonald, The farm, Huntly N.B. [North Britain]
"In Aberdeenshire, there are the vitrifications on the hill of Noth, the noeth of the Britons, signifying in their descriptive language naked, bare, exposed" (Chalmers' Caledonia Vol. 1. P [page] 472)
[page signed] R. Dickson S.R.E. [Sapper Royal Engineers]
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