Aan or Aven (Gael. abhuinn, ' river '), a rivulet of the Eastern Grampians, rises on the NW side of Mount Battock, at an altitude of 1700 feet, near the meeting-point of Aberdeen, Kincardine, and Forfar shires. Thence it runs about 10 miles ENE mostly along the boundary between Aberdeen and Kincardine shires, to a confluence with the Feugh, 4 miles SW of Banchory. It flows in a rocky bed, is subject to great freshets, and is open to the public, but affords no very good sport.Ord. Sur., sh. 66, 1871.
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