Doll, a glen in the NW of Cortachy and Clova parish, Forfarshire, near the meeting-point with Perth and Aberdeen shires. It is traversed by the White Water, running 6¼ miles east-south-eastward to the river South Esk, at a point 3 miles WNW of Clova hamlet; and it is remarkable for the variety of its flora and for an overhanging rock, the Scorrie of the Doll.—Ord. Sur., sh. 65,1870.

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