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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
ALLT CHUIRN DEIRG Allt Churn Dearg
Allt Churn Dearg
Allt Churn Dearg
Mr Luke Grant Finnylost
Mr John Michie Forbes Lodge
Mr James Bremner Auldauea [Aldahuie]
059 A mountain stream rising partly from Shannoch Moss and the Dubh Breac Hill, [and] flowing in a N. E. [North Easterly] direction falls into the Water of Nochty
ALLT TOBAIR FHUAIR Allt Tobar Fuar
Allt Tobar Fuar
Allt Tobar Fuar
Mr. Luke Grant Finnylost
Mr. William Shaw Castletown
Mr. John Michie Forbes Lodge
059 A Mountain Stream rising on the west side of the Scach Hill and flowing in a northerly direction falls into the Water of [Nochty]
ALLT A' CHREACHAINN Allt a' Creachan
Allt a' Creachan
Allt a' Creachan
Mr. Luke Grant Finnylost
Mr. William Shaw Castletown
Mr. John Michie Forbes Lodge
059 A mountain stream rising in a marsh[y] piece of ground near the boundary betwixt the parishes of Strathdon & Tarland and flowing in a North easterly direction falls into the Allt Slochd Campbel

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Allt Chuirn.
Allt. A mountain stream.
Chuirn. s, Uuidhe. Churn. Agitate. shake anything by violent motion.
Dearg. Red, real, very; intense, violent, downright mad; Dearg is often prefixed to a noun when
it is wished to express an extraordinary degree of guilt. (Gaelic)

Allt Tobair Fhuair.
Tobar. A well or fountain. A source, origin,
Fuar Cold, Chilly, (Gaelic)


Allt a' Creachainn.
Criachan. Summit of A rock; A mountain, A hard
rocky surface without foliage. (Gaelic)

Shd [Should] think Creachain better. JMcD

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