, ▁the ▁original ▁having ▁been ▁a ▁mile ▁to ▁the ▁north west ▁of ▁the ▁present ▁position ▁and ▁in und ated ▁by ▁the ▁sea . ▁This ▁trans position ▁was ▁not ▁an ▁over night ▁cat ast rop he ▁but ▁a ▁grad ual ▁withdraw al ▁from ▁the ▁earlier ▁site ▁during ▁the ▁late ▁sevent e enth ▁and ▁early ▁eigh teenth ▁centuries . ▁Some ▁sources ▁( e . g . ▁Graham ), ▁claim ▁it ▁is ▁the ▁third ▁village ▁to ▁bear ▁the ▁name , ▁perhaps ▁err one ously ▁assuming ▁that ▁the ▁sevent e enth ▁century ▁destruction ▁of ▁the ▁nearby ▁Bar ony ▁of ▁C ul bin ▁by ▁sh ifting ▁s ands ▁resulted ▁in ▁an ▁earlier ▁re location . ▁ ▁Although ▁surely ▁G ael ic ▁in ▁origin ▁the ▁deriv ation ▁of ▁the ▁name ▁of ▁the ▁River ▁Find horn ▁is ▁not ▁absolutely ▁clear . ▁Watson ▁( 1 9 2 6 ) ▁states ▁that ▁it ▁is ▁derived ▁from ▁F ion n ▁È ire , ▁meaning ▁" white ▁Ireland " ▁which ▁ ▁" d ou bt less ▁refers ▁to ▁the ▁white ▁s ands ▁of ▁the ▁est u ary ". ▁The ▁d ative ▁È ire ann ▁gave ▁rise ▁to ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁the ▁ang l ified ▁' erne ' ▁in ▁other ▁local ▁names ▁such ▁as ▁In ver erne , ▁C ull erne ▁and ▁E arn hill . ▁ ▁Major ▁se ap ort ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁sevent e enth ▁century ▁Find horn ▁was ▁the ▁principal ▁se ap ort ▁of ▁Mor ay ▁and ▁vessels ▁regularly ▁sa iled ▁to ▁and ▁from ▁all ▁parts ▁of ▁the ▁North ▁Sea ▁and ▁as