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Braemar

Bràigh Mhàrr

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Meaning

upland of Marr district


Settlement

Location

Aberdeenshire

Aberdeenshire

NO148914


English / Map Form: Braemar

Gaelic Form: Bràigh Mhàrr


Location: Aberdeenshire

Post Town: BALLATER

County: Aberdeenshire

Local Authority: Aberdeenshire

English / Map Form: Braemar

Gaelic Form: Bràigh Mhàrr


Language Notes

 

Element Meaning

 

Sources

Bhràigh Mhàrr [gen.] Poems of John Roy Stewart ed Elizabeth E. Mackechnie
‘m Braidh-mar 1870 Comhchruinneacha do dh”Orain Thaghta Ghaidhealach le Gilleasbuig Meinne, 81
Braigh Mhàrr Diack, Inscriptions pf Pictland, 170

Additional Information

This is an established form. The forms above are representative.

“Braemar Braigh Mhàrr, is properly the name of the district. The village of Braemar was locally, in Gaelic, always spoken of as Bail Chaisteil, the Castleton.” W. Alexander’s comment in Inscriptions of Pictland, 170.

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