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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
SRON AN DUIN Sròn an Dùn Mr A McNeil
Mr A Sinclair
A A Carmichael Esq.
070 This name is applied to a very rocky point of land near the Lighthouse on Eilean Bernera, it is very steep on its North and south sides.
SKATE POINT Skate Point
Tom a' Sgaib
Mr A McNeil
Mr A Sinclair
Admiralty Chart
Mr Sinclair Barra Head
070 This name is given to the most Westerly point on Eilean Bernera. The coastline along this point is a cliff rising to a height of about 500 feet.
DÙN BRISTE Dùn Briste Mr A McNeil
Mr A Sinclair
070 This name is given to what is said to have been a Danish fort; it is situated on a projecting part of Eilean Bernera about a quarter of a mile North of the Lighthouse. All that now remains of the fort is a few stone on the line marked on trace . It is on the property of John Gordon Esqr. Cluny Castle Aberdeenshire
Sig [Signifies] The broken or demolished fort.

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