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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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PICT'S HOUSE (Remains of) [Barrogill Castle] | Pict's House (Remains of) | Mr William Allen Mr Kirkwood Mr William Patterson |
002 | A small hillock - the remains of a Picts house; it is supposed to be haunted by fairies. An attempt was made a short time ago to excavate it, but it was relinquished. The property of the Earl of Caithness |
BROUGH [1895] [Barrogill Castle] | Archaeologica Scotica Vol [Volume] 5 p [part] 1 page 184 | 002 | ||
BARROGILL COTTAGE | Barrogill Cottage | Mr William Allen Mr Kirkwood Mr William Patterson |
002 | A large a fashionably built cottage with ornamental frontage and pleasure gardens attached the property of the Earl of Caithness. |
BARROGILL CASTLE | Barrogill Castle | Mr William Allen Mr Kirkwood Mr William Patterson |
002 | An ancient Castle, Kept in good repair, and has beautiful ornamental grounds, and gardens attached; it is the residence of the thirteenth Earl of Caithness. |
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[Page] 57Co. [County] of Caithness -- Parish of Canisbay
[Signed] Robert Kane
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