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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
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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Parish of Strathdon

[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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