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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
SHEEP PORT Sheep Port
Sheep Port
Sheep Port
Admirality Chart
Mr Moffat
Mr Weir
015 This name applies to the ledge of rocks North of Witherows Rock, name derived from the Circumstance of Sheep being embarked and disembarKed at or about this place.
WITHEROWS ROCK Witherows Rock
Witherows Rock
Witherows Rock
Estate Map
Mr Hugh Weir
Mr Moffatt
015 A large rock or rocks on the N. [North] West side of the Horse Isle adjoining the Sheep Port Summit of these rocks not Covered at High Water.-
SOUTH ISLET South Islet
South Islet
South Islet
Estate Map
Mr Hugh Weir
Mr Moffat
015 This portion of the Horse Isle is a peninsula during extraordinary tides in the Southern end of which is erected the Landmark described in these pages. -

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