Blair Collection > Place names in Strathbogie, with notes historical, antiquarian and descriptive

Place Names in StratJibozie.
hill, which is on the line of the old road from the
Highlands, and that the name Clais-iiiaghn, the
' furrow of the battlefield,' commemorated the
event. All these suggestions as to the meaning
of Clashmach are purely conjectural, and none of
them satisfactory.
Behind the south end of the Clashmach is the
Kyehill, a name suggestive of the Scotch word
kye (cows) ; but this hill grows nothing but
heather, and is most unsuitable for cattle of any
kind. The name probably represents the old
Gaelic caedh, a ' quagmire ' or ' morass,' and these
marshy spots are found here and there all round
its base. Evron Hill appears in the map, but
the proper spelling is Averin or Aiverin, the
popular name of mountain bramble or cloud-
berry (Riibus Chainccnwnts).
Wisheach (Gartly) comes from itisge, ' water,'
and the terminal ach ' abounding in,' the name
thus meaning ' the watery hill,' which was more
truly descriptive before the moss was exhausted
than it is now. A similar name appears in
Strathdon, applying also to a hill, and is given
in the Ordnance Map, Usige-Each. The Mel-
shach, although often spoken of as a hill, is
properly a moor or moss lying between hills.
The name seems to be derived from meal/, a
'lump or hump', and s/iac/i, a terminal meaning
' abounding in.'
The hill of Foudlann, I think, takes its name