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Clean Pool

Coordinates: 57°28′13″N 2°48′29″W / 57.4703°N 2.8080°W / 57.4703; -2.8080
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Clean Pool was an important boundary marker between the parishes of Huntly and Cairnie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It has now been dried up to plant conifer trees.[1]

Archaeological surveys at the site and surrounding area have discovered traces of cairns and other features suggesting a non-domestic use for this part of the landscape.

It is described in the 1865-71 Ordnance Survey name book as "A large Marshy Pool situated in the Bin wood about 60 chains north of the Farm of Gibston, where (Local Tradition says) a party of Soldiers who had passed it from Some battle, washed themselves in it; hence it has been called the Clean pool, and is well known by that name."[2]

References

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  1. ^ p.3, The Place Names of the Parish of Huntly, Patrick W. Scott
  2. ^ George Rose, Civil Assistant. Aberdeenshire OS Name Books, 1865-1871. Vol. 40. Ordnance Survey. OS1/1/40/91. Retrieved 7 August 2019.

57°28′13″N 2°48′29″W / 57.4703°N 2.8080°W / 57.4703; -2.8080