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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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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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[Page] 122Parish 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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