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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
DUNBUY Dunbuy
Dunbuy
Dunbuy
Revd. Dr. [Reverend Doctor] Pratt, Parsonage.
Mr. John Alexander
Mr. James Paterson.
032 Dun Buy, which has obtained an additional celebrity by being mentioned in the Antiquary, is about half a mile from the Castle, and is chiefly remarkable for a magnificent natural arch pierced through its very centre. "Dunbuy", says Dr. [Doctor] Johnson, "which in Erse is said to signify the Yellow Rock, is a double protuberance of stone, open to the main sea on one side, and parted from the land by a very narrow channel on the other. It has its name and its colour from the dung of inumerable sea-fowls, which in the spring choose this place as convenient for incubation." Extract from Dr. [Doctor] Pratts History of Buchan page 50.
POT OF DUNBUY Pot of Dunbuy
Pot of Dunbuy
Pot of Dunbuy
Revd. Dr. [Reverend Doctor] Pratt, Parsonage.
Mr. John Alexander
Mr. James Paterson.
032 This name applies to a deep hole on the south side of the rock of Dunbuy.

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