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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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TOLM BUIRICH | Tolm Buirich Tolm Buirich Tolm Buirich |
Rev. [Reverend] Mr McHardy Mr William Shaw Mr Alexander McRae |
059 | A hill of considerable height situated about three miles North of a place called Dunanfues The property of Mrs. Farquharson Allargue, and Duke of Richmond |
CORRIE OF ALLT REPPACHIE | Corrie of Allt Reppachie Corrie of Allt Reppachie Corrie of Allt Reppachie |
Rev [Reverend] Mr McHardy Mr William Shaw Mr Alexander McRae |
059 | A hollow in the south side of the hill Tolm Buirich. |
CARN EALASAID | Cairn Ealasaid Cairn Ealasaid Cairn Ealasaid |
Rev. [Reverend] Mr. McHardy Mr. William Shaw Mr. Alexander McRae |
059 | A hill of great height and extent situated about 3 miles north of a place called Loinherry part of which is in the County of Banff, and part in Aberdeen The property of Duke of Richmond and Mrs Farquharson. Allargue |
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[Page] 24Parish of Strathdon
[Note beside 'Tolm Buirich']
The authorities have been indebted to their dictionaries for the word Tolm which is a Norse word, & if correct is the first of its sort I have met with in West Aberdeenshire
Tom Bùirich I wd [would] say
[Initialled] JMcD
The roaring Hill } Tolm. A hillock of a round form
The roaring Hill } Buireadh. Buirich. Buir. Wailing, loud weeping; a burst of grief, roaring, bellowing; a rutting. (Gaelic)
[Note beside 'Corrie of Allt Reppachie']
Ràpach Noisy &c,
Rapachie probably a provincialism [hidden text]
it is pron [pronounced] [hidden text ]
[Note beside 'Carn Ealasaid']
Elizabeth's Cairn
[Authority] Ealasai[d][remaining text hidden by attached note is 'Elizabeth']
Transcribers who have contributed to this page.
Nora Edwards, CorrieBuidhe- Moderator, ruthmcd
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