Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Kelly

Kelly, a rivulet of E Aberdeenshire, running 5½ miles east-north-eastward, chiefly along the boundary between Methlick and Tarves parishes, and falling into the Ythan 1¼ mile ENE of Haddo House. One of the Crown jewels, a highly valuable pearl, is said to have been found at the mouth of this stream, and presented in 1620 to James VI.—Ord. Sur., sh. 87, 1876.


(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)

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Feature Description: "a rivulet"   (ADL Feature Type: "streams")
Administrative units: Aberdeenshire ScoCnty

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