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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
GOE DIKE Goe Dike Mr Cairncross, Thurso
Alexander Henderson, West Murkle
James Banks, Thurso
005 A small goe on the foreshore - two large flat ledges of rock which abruptly terminate within a chain of each other form the sides of it - The name though peculiar is very well known
CRAB GOE Crab Goe Mr Cairncross, Thurso
Alexander Henderson, West Murkle
James Banks, Thurso
005 A small goe on the foreshore about 8 chains East of Goe Dyke - A favourite place for Crab fishing - both these Goes are somewhat similar in their formation and are covered to a considerable depth at high Water -
LIMPET GOE Limpet Goe Mr Cairncross, Thurso
Alexander Henderson, West Murkle
James Banks, Thurso
005 A small Goe on the foreshore about 5 Chains east of Crab Goe it, unlike all the rest of the Goes has only one side -

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