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According to some it looks like a cow from a distance, but eyesight must be dodgy near Foggieloan, Aberchirder on the map. The only resemblance, to me, is that it is in a field. Plus there are various bulls hide stories in the area most notably at Clochforbie, Skelmuir and Auchmaliddie. Also at the White Cow Woods near Strichen.

As Rhiannon quotes here under Folklore http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/5199/white_cow_wood.html
"In the Buchan, this curious appellation is frequently given to great stones, presumably, as this one, of white quartz"

but I'm wondering, in this case in particular, if it wasn't originally "white cowl"
??