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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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MOSS OF ALLT NA CISTE | Moss of Allt-na-Ciste Moss of Allt-na-Ciste Moss of Allt-na-Ciste |
Rev [Reverend] Charles McHardy, Manse Mr John Stewart, Auchmore Mr William Shaw, Castletown |
068 | A moss of considerable extent where the people in the neighbourhood of the church of Corgarff, dig their peats: property of Sir Charles Forbes, Bart [Baronet], Castle Newe. |
CAOCHAN TARSUINN | Caochan Tarsuinn Caochan Tarsuinn Caochan Tarsuinn |
Rev [Reverend] Charles McHardy Mr John Stewart Mr William Shaw |
068 | A small mountain stream rising in the hill of Crom Leitir, and falls into the Milltown Burn, about a mile north of Auchmore. |
SPÙT GEAL | Spout Geal Spout Geal Spout Geal |
Rev [Reverend] Charles McHardy Mr John Stewart Mr William Shaw |
068 | A fine spring of water oozing out of the hill Crom Leitir, about a mile and a half north of Auchmore. |
THE FLEUCHATS | The Fleuchats The Fleuchats The Fleuchats |
Rev [Reverend] Charles McHardy Mr John Stewart Mr William Shaw |
068 | A wet marshy piece of ground situated about two miles north of Auchmore. |
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[Note beside 'Caochan Tarsuinn']
Cross Burn {Tarsuinn, Across, transversely or obliquely, over from side to side
Cross Burn {Caochan. A rivulet; An eddy of air; whiskey in its first process of distillation (Gaelic)
[Note beside 'Spùt Geal']
Geal. Anything white; A mark to shoot at
[Note beside 'The Fleuchats']
Flichead. Moisture ooziness, degree of moisture or wetness,
Fliuchan (Fliuch) A wet spot, A drop of any fluid (Gaelic)
Fliuch with old term. at a wet place. English pl. [plural] added [Initialled] JMcD
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