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List of names as written	Various modes of spelling	Authorities for spelling	Situation	Description remarks
Nether Toucks	Nether Toucks Nether Toucks Nether Toucks Nether Tucks	Revd [Reverend] Alexander Silver Mr R Duthie C.G. Monro Esqr Estate Plan	017.07	A small Farm steading on the estate of Dunnottar the property of W.N. Forbes Esqr.
Dunnottar House	Dunnottar House Dunnottar House Dunnottar House	Revd [Reverend] Alexander Silver Mr R Duthie C.G. Monro Esqr Estate Plan	017.07	"The only gentleman's seat in the parish is Dunnottar House, now the property of General Forbes. Its erection was begun forty years ago by Alexander Allardyce Esqr who having realised a large fortune in Jamaica, had purchased of the creditors of the York Building Company the greater part of the Marischal Estate in this parish. It is plain but extensive and commodious building embosomed in plantations formed by Mr Allardyce. In farming the gardens attached to the mansion upwards of ten thousand pounds are said to have been expended". (New Stat Acct P [New Statistical Account Page] 223)

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Parish of Dunnottar

Nether Toucks [note] "Touk. An embankment to hinder the water from washing away the soil". (Jamieson)

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