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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
TOM NA DÙBH-BHRUAICH Tom-na-Dubh-bruach
Tom-na-Dubh-bruach
Tom-n-Dhulich
Mr William Shaw Castletown
Mr James Farquharson Dulridge
Mr D. Cumming Bridgend
068 Applies to a Small eminence situated about ½ Mile north east of Corgarff Castle the property of Sir Charles Forbes. Newe Castle
COCK BRIDGE Cock Bridge
Cock Bridge
Cock Bridge
Mr William Shaw Castletown
Mr James Farquharson Dulridge
Mr A. Coutts Bridgend
068 Applies to a stone bridge of one arch over the stream Allt-a-Coileach and near to Corgarff Castle; deriving its name from a party of soldiers who when making the military road from Edinburgh to Fort George, having a cock put up on a pole for a weather vane
Maintained by the County
THE COCK The Cock
The Cock
The Cock
Mr William Shaw Castletown
Mr J. Farquharson Dulridge
Mr A. Coutts Bridgend
068 Applies to a few cottars houses close by the Cock Bridge, The property of Sir Charles Forbes, Newe Castle

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Parish of Strathdon

[Note beside 'Tom na Dùbh-bhruaigh']
Tom na Dubh-bhruaich
See Correspondence
Tom. A round hillock or knoll. Dubh. Black.
Bruach. A bank, brink, border, A steep, A precipice, An edge, brim. A rising ground (Gaelic)

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