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

PREFACE.
Y^HESE notes on the Place Names and Archa;-
ology of Strathbogie originally appeared
in the ' Proceedings of the Huntly Field Club/
and have now been revised, and for the most
part re-written. No attempt has been made
previously to interpret the names of the district,
except to a very limited extent, and I have
therefore not had the advantage of following
others in the same field. In the present state of
our knowledge, I do not think that any single
person, working within a limited district, can do
work of this kind which can be accepted as final ;
and these notes I give simply as ' studies,' open
to revision when the whole subject of the Place
Names of Scotland is taken in hand by some
competent authority.
I have discussed, or noted, all the names of
interest found in the district, or given in maps,
books, or manuscripts, or remembered by the
old people; and they may be classed as fol-
lows — (i) Those of which I know absolutely
nothing, and can offer no suggestion as to the
origin or meaning. (2) Names which are ob-
scure, or intelligible only in part, or which may
allow of a double interpretation. I have given