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| Pitlurg OS 1234 5678 Banffshire Derivation: from the Gaelic "peit na luirge, 'portion of the shank,' i.e. distinguished by a shank-like strip of land" (Watson, WJ 1926) Earlier forms: Petynlurg 1226 (Register of the Bishopric of Moray) Petnalurge 1232 (Register of the Bishopric of Moray) Notes: see also Pitlurg, Aberdeenshire References: Watson, WJ 1926 - The History of the Celtic Place-names of Scotland |
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