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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MORAY FIRTH | Moray Firth Moray Firth Moray Firth Moray Frith Moray Frith Moray Firth Moray Frith |
Chambers Encyclopaedia Oliver and Boyd's Almanac Black's Map of Scotland Fullarton's Gazetteer Robertson's Map of Banffshire etc. 1822 New Statistical Account |
001 ; 002 | "A gulf in the extreme north- east of Scotland; a sea rather than a bay or an estuary; the largest projection, and at the same time one of the most regular which the ocean makes into the Scottish coasts. Its limits as assigned by the modern hydrography of the country are somewhat various, and not very distinctly understood; but in the whole, they distribute into five easily ascertained parts, an exterior and an interior. The exterior frith comprehends all the open sea south west of a line between Duncansby- head in Caithness-shire and Kinaird's-head in Aberdeenshire, onward to the entrance of the inner frith between Tarbetness in Ross-shire and Burgh-head in Morayshire" Fullartons Gazetteer |
Continued entries/extra info
3Co. of Banff
Parish of Rathven
Note: [A map has been drawn and written above it] -- "or- the exterior part of the Firth may be said to extend from Fort George Eastward - and the interior portion from Ft [Fort] George Westward to Inverness."
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