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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DUNNET [parish] | Dunnet Dunnet Dunnet Dunnet Dunnet Dunnet Dunnet |
New Statl [Statistical] Account BlacK's Map of Scotland Census Returns for 1871 published in the Scotsman newspaper April 19 - 1871. Fullarton's Gazetteer Oliver & Boyd's Almanac James Brims Procr [Procurator] Fiscal Thurso William Miller, Town ClerK, WicK |
001 ; 002 ; 006 ; 012 ; 013 | The parish of Dunnet is in the presbytery of Caithness, synod of Sutherland and Caithness. Patron Sir James Colquhoun Bt [Baronet]: it is bounded on the north by the Pentland Firth on the east by the parish of Canisbay on the south and southeast by the Parish of Bower, and on the west by Bower & Olrig. The parish contains about 17758 statute acres; there are no detached portions of this parish nor are there any detached portions of any other parish situated within it. "All the parish except Dunnet Head may be regarded as nearly a level district, with an average deviation of about 150 feet or less above the sea, and with its inequalities [disposed] in almost parallel ridges, from north-east to south-west. The soil is in general light, comprising little clay or deep loam. The rocK of Dunnet Head is sandstone; and that of the rest of the parish is the common flag-stone slate of the country ... There are ten small laKes on Dunnet Head - two laKes of about a mile each in length. Hayland and St John's in the interior of the parish, - and another, about two miles in length Loch Seister [Continued on page 2] |
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