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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| INCLOSURE | Track of circle Track of circle Track of circle Inclosure |
David Robertson Esq [Esquire] Easter Voy James Robertson Esq [Esquire] Lyking Mrs. Will Via Re-submitted |
100 | (No data regarding this entry) |
| STONES OF VIA | Stones of Via Stones of Via Stones of Via Stones of Via |
David Robertson Esq. [Esquire] Easter Voy James Robertson Esq [Esquire] Lyking Mr. John McGhir Lee Cottage New Statistical Account of Scotland |
100 | "Are situated between the top of Lingafiold and the Loch of Clumly, which are worthy of the antiquarian's notice, and which are supposed to be a Cromlich or heathen altar, Indeed, the figure that, with the head stone in the hundred and fifteinth plate of the Enclyclopoedia Britannica, published in 1797 might pass for a representation of this monument before the displacing of its pillars, (The slab of Via is a foot thick, 5 feet 10 inches long, and 4 feet 9 inches broad, The four pillars under it are each about 3 feet long, and the head stone 3 feet 9 inches by 2 feet 9 on the surface, and 1 foot 4 thick, It is placed nearly in the centre of an old circular enclosure, 275 paces in circumference, with a small tumulus on the south side of it, which was lately opened but nothing found in it, except a parcel of large stones." From the New St. [Statistical] Account of Scotland |
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Parish of Sandwick OrkneySigned: George Calder C/A
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