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Imagine walking through Aberdeen past ‘The Mound of the Brambles’ and ‘The End-Place of Standing-Stones’ and ‘The Settlement of the Tail of the Land’. You’ve just been to Tillydrone (Tulach an Droighinn) and Kincorth (Ceann Coirthe) and Balnagask (Baile nan Gaisg).
Or, out in the country, driving through a village signed ‘Horn Place’, and another marked ‘Bull Field’, and yet another ‘The Shallow Valley of Eichin’.
So, you’ve just been to Banchory (Beanncharaidh) and Tarland (Tarbhlann) and Strichen (Srath Eichin). Or let’s cycle through Inverness: to ‘The Religious Cell of St Bean’ (Kilvean), and to ‘The Rock of the Hill of Birds’ (Craig Dunain) and to the ‘Field of the Horse’ (Dalneigh).