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A New History of Aberdeenshire, Alexander Smith (Ed), 1875

Etymology
Sir Samuel Forbes of Foveran says that the parish derives its name from "a sweet spring," which issues from the ruins of Foveran Castle, and Turing"s Tower, of which there is now no vestige remaining, except the arch over the spring, and a marble bust lying near the site of the Castle. Foveran, in the Celtic language, signifies "the stream of springs."

Boundaries
The parish is bounded on the north partly by the parishes of Udny and Logic-Buchan; on the east by the tidal waters of the Ythan, and the German Ocean; on the south by the parish of Belhelvie; and on the west by the parish of Udny.

Extent
The extreme length from east to west in a direct line, from the sea to Craig in Udny, is 6 miles; and the extreme breadth, south to north, also in a direct line, from Aikenshill to Auchnacant, is 3½ miles; and the whole area is computed to be 10,844 acres, 148 dec.

Topography
The burn of Foveran has an easterly course from Cultercullen to Newburgh, and very nearly divides the parish into two equal parts. On the northern division, the land from the Ythan presents a smooth undulating outline to the top of the hill of Southfarden (which is 200 feet above sea level), and by Kincraig and Fiddesbeg, to Monkshill, which is in the north-west corner of the parish, and 375 feet.

South of the burn of Foveran, the land rises from the Ythan and the sea with more abrupt ascents to the house of Foveran, Drums, to round-backed Aikenshill, and by the hill of Minnes, to Tillery, which is in the south-west corner of the parish, and about 372 feet above sea level. The church of Foveran is 78 feet; and the Udny Station on the Formartine and Buchan Railway, on the extreme western boundary of the parish, is 360 feet above sea level.

[A New History of Aberdeenshire, Alexander Smith (Ed), 1875]