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PLACE NAMES IN STRATHBOGIE.
CHAPTER I.
ON THE STUDY OF GAELIC PLACE NAMES.
"^HE Gaelic place names of the counties of
Aberdeen, Banff, and Kincardine, present
a strongly marked family likeness. The same
characteristics appear throughout the entire
district, and the changes and corruptions which
have altered the old forms in one locality appear
in others, with perhaps slight modifications.
Along the southern slope of the Grampians, and
the upper straths of Dee, Don, and Avon, Gaelic
names have changed but little, and correspond
very closely with those in the neighbouring
Highlands. In the central parts of the counties
English names become more numerous, and
corruptions in Gaelic names are more notice-
able ; while along the seaboard Gaelic names
are in a minority, and in many cases have be-
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Place names in Strathbogie, with notes historical, antiquarian and descriptive
DescriptionBy James MacDonald.
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