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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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WHITE HILL | White Hill White Hill White Hill |
Estate Map of property A. D. 1823 Mr. Alexander Walker Gardner Castle Newe Mr. J. E. Douglas Occupier, Buchaam |
060 | a hill the greater portion of which is in Cultivation and laid out in parks, situated about 20, Chains northward of Buchaam Farm House. The property of Sir Charles Forbes. |
MEALL BEAG | Millbeg Hill Millbeg Hill Millbeg Hill |
Estate Map of property A. D. 1823 Mr. Alexander Walker Gardner Castle Newe Mr. J. E. Douglas Buchaam |
060 | a conspicuous range of hill, rising to a conic top, situated abt. [about] 30 Chains E. S. E. [East South East] of Ben Newe and extending northward to the Glenbucket parish boundary. It seems rather questionable whether this name is derived from the word 'Muil' s. [signification] a promontary or 'Meall' a lump, a knob, a heap, a hill, &c very probably the latter (?) which is more natural to the shape of ground or outline; Then the name should be Mealbeg - in preference to that given on the Estate Map _ It is also said, what represents a nose or promontary should frm [from] the original be 'Mul' as is frequently shown on the Map of Scotland Mull of Cantire Mull of Calloway &c in either case Mill is evidently incorrect as a rule _ 'Hill' is written after by Sr. [Sapper] Dickson's Order. Hill is fully expressed in Meall Beag. |
DOWNINGS OF BUCHAAM | Downings of Buchaam Downings of Buchaam Downings of Buchaam |
Estate Map of property A. D. 1823 Mr. Alexander Walker Gardner Castle Newe Mr. J. E. Douglas Buchaam |
060 | Inserted on the Estate Map 'Downings of Buchaam' it indicates the name which consists of three Conspicuous Conic topped hillocks, situated a little westward of a particular curve of the River Don abt. [about] 25. Chains S.S.W. [South South West] or Southward of the Mains of Glenbucket Abt. [About] 65. Chains E. [East] of Ben Newe, It is said the name is derived from the Gaelic word Dun (The plural Dunen &c) for the word Knoll or hillock. In Dr. [Doctor] Armstrong's P. [Page] 216. A very merited article is given on the word 'Dun' with reference to upwards of a dozn. [dozen] of the earliest languages known. |
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[Page] 55Parish of Strathdon
White Hill [Correction initialed] C.M.B.
Meall Beag
Meall nom. plur. [nominative plural]. Mill A hill, a lump &c.
Mill Beage _ The Little lumps or hills
Maol _ Mull or chief headland or Cape of land
Millbeg is not likely maol beag
Meall Beag is quite right. Mill is the common E. [Etymological] form of Meall. JMcD.
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