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The village oFindhorn is fund on the north-east shore o the Findhorn bay an mouth o the Findhorn river, 30 mile east fraeInnerness.
Watson (1926) kens the name is fraeFionn Èire, meaninwhite Ireland an it "doubtless refers tae the white sands o the estuary". The dativeÈireann gied rise tae the uiss o the Ingliserne in ither local names sic as Invererne, Cullerne an Earnhill.
Its it mair likely that the name is frae the Pictish spoken in the area. The Pict-Scot union o 843 brought in Gaelic, Maxwell (1896) kens theFin is frae the PictishPit, as inPitlochery. Theorn is simply 'river', frae the Scots Gaelicabhainn, an Auld Welshafon. The Gaelic influence wis soon cowped by the sons oMalcolm Canmore who brocht in an ancestor o moderen Scots tung frae the Northumbrian bylied. Ken the lack o places stairtin wiFin- anPit- in the Gaelic speakin regions o the wast coast.
Fowk hae bed aroond Findhorn frae mair nor three thousan year. In 1986 biggin work kythed a clay burial urn containin the remains o a quine o twenty five year an her bairn.
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