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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
SPEARRACH BURN Sperach Burn
Sperach Burn
Sperach Burn
Mr. Luke Grant Finnylost
Mr. John Michie Forbes Lodge
Mr. John Milne Bressachoel
060 A Mountain Stream formed by the Shannoch Burn and flowing in a Southerly direction falls into the Ernan Water
ALLT MEIRLEACH Allt Meirleach
Allt Meirleach
Allt Meirleach
Mr. Luke Grant Finnylost
Mr. William Shaw Castletown
Mr. John Michie Forbes Lodge
059 A Small Stream falling into Ernan Water a little to the west of Sperach Burn
CLAIS LIATH Clais Lee
Clais Lee
Clais Lee
Mr. Luke Grant Finnylost
Mr. John Michie Forbes Lodge
Mr. John Milne Bressachoel
059 Applies to a hollow portion of ground situated on the South bank of The Ernan Water, and a short distance S.W. [South West] of the junction of Sperach Burn with Ernan water

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Parish of Tarland Detached

Note: Sperach Burn - Spearrach. A Cow fetter; A particular kind of fetter for goats

Note: Allt Meirleach - Allt. A mountain stream
Meirleach. A thief. (Gaelic)

Note: Clais Lee - Clais. (Gaelic) A furrow. A gutter, a streak, stripe, mark; a pit, a ditch, a hollow, a groove.
Lee. Dregs, sediment refuse. Lee - Is not Gaelic

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