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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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CAIRNGORM MOUNTAINS | For Authorities & Description see Name Book of the Ph [Parish] of Crathie and Braemar Co. [County] of Aberdeen | |||
HILLS OF CROMDALE | For Authorities & Description see Name Book of the Parish of Cromdale Advie & Inverallan Co. [County] of Elgin | |||
HAUGHS OF CROMDALE | Haughs of Cromdale Haughs of Cromdale Haughs of Cromdale |
John Smith Esq, Factor, Grantown Revd [Reverend] Evan Gordon Free Church Grantown Mr Evan Macbean Factor's Office Grantown |
035 | A district name applied to the hollow and low lying ground between the Hills of Cromdale and the River Spey. It is bounded on the east by the Hills of Cromdale, on the west by the Spey on the south west by Allt a' Chore Odhair, and on the north by the rising ground over which the parish boundary crosses. It is celebrated in history as the spot where the battle between the Royal troops under General Livingston and the rebels under General Buchan was fought in 1690. Property of the Right Hon. [Honourable] The Earl of Seafield of Castle Grant |
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