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| English name |
Portlethen |
| Gaelic name |
Port Leathain |
| Meaning |
port of the slope |
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| Location |
Aberdeenshire |
| Local authority |
Aberdeenshire ~ Siorrachd Obar Dheathain |
| Parish post 1891 |
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| County post 1891 |
Aberdeenshire ~ Siorrachd Obar Dheathain |
| Topographical feature type |
Settlement ~ Tuineachadh |
| Post town |
ABERDEEN |
| Postcode area |
AB12 |
| OS sheet number |
406 |
| OS grid reference |
NO922966 |
| Type of name |
Place ~ Àite |
| Element meaning |
G port ~ harbour’ + G leathan ~ slope |
| Element type |
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| Language notes |
G nom. sg. port, masc. ‘harbour’ + gen. sg. fem. def. art. na + gen. pl. of G leathan, ‘slope (leading to a port)’ |
| Sources |
| terras de Proclaithin |
1527 RMS iii, 559 |
| Portlethin |
1529 RMS iii, 878 |
| terrarum de Portlathin |
1557 RMS iv, 1148 |
| baroniam de Portlethin |
1608 RMS vi, 2122 |
| Portlathin |
1608 Records of the Sherriff court of Aberdeenshire ii, 136 |
| Portlethin |
1610 Records of the Sherriff court of Aberdeenshire ii, 154 |
| baroniam de Portlethin |
1625 RMS viii, 707 |
| baroniam de Portlethin |
1637 RMS ix, 725 |
| Port-Lethin |
1654 Blaeu Map Aberdeen/Banff |
| barony of, harbour of Porthlethin |
1659 RMS x, 680 |
| barony of Porthlethen |
1667 RMS xi, 1042 |
| Port Lethon |
1747-55 Roy |
| Portlethon, Portlethon Shore |
1820 Thomson [also Port moss, and Seat Town of |
| Porlethon] |
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| Additional info |
Leathan Grange is in Portlethen, along with some building names with Leathan.
Leathan here is in the sense of a slope leading down to the port. |
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