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Cromar

Crò Mhàrr


Region, Traditional Region

Location

Aberdeenshire

Aberdeenshire

AB34

NJ466040


English / Map Form: Cromar

Gaelic Form: Crò Mhàrr


Post Town: ABOYNE

Postcode area: AB34

County: Aberdeenshire

Local Authority: Aberdeenshire

English / Map Form: Cromar

Gaelic Form: Crò Mhàrr


Sources

“crā-vār in Braemar; but crō-vār in Inverey. Braes of Cromar = Bruichen crā-vār (John Michie)” Diack MS2276

“Cromar itself is Crò-Mhàrr (cro-var) “sheep fold of Marr” the allusion being not to a supposed abundance of sheep but to the resemblance of the district, with its encircling hills, to a fold.” Diack Aberdeen Free Press 15.4.11

“The Howe of Cromar is one of the best-defined local regions on Deeside. The generally accepted derivation of the name is from Cro Mharr, ‘(cattle)fold of Mar’, from its bucht-like character when looked at from one of the surrounding heights.” Alexander 1952, 244

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