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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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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 - |
Continued entries/extra info
[Page] 20Ph [Parish] of Dunnet -- Co [County] of Caithness
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