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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
FUESTER'S GOE Fuester's Goe David Brotchie, The Ness Dunnet
John Moor, Dunnet
William Calder, Dunnet.
001 This can scarcely be called a Goe as it is only a slight indentation in the cliff - however the name is well known - but not the origin of it - A man of that name is supposed to have fallen over it -
SINNI GOE Sinigoe David Brotchie, The Ness Dunnet
John Moor, Dunnet
William Calder, Dunnet.
001 A large Goe with steep and precipitous sides - The cliffs here are a little more than half as high as they are at Easter head - This name is usually written in one word -
The Orkney & Shetland Electric Telegraph cable is laid from Sinigoe
BURN MOUTH Burn Mouth David Brotchie, The Ness Dunnet
John Moor, Dunnet
William Calder, Dunnet.
001 This name applies to a portion of the foreshore about 25 chains south of Sinigoe - A small burn which has long since been drained fell over the cliff in to the sea near this point - hence the name -

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