OS1/7/3/31
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MOSS OF DUNNET | Moss of Dunnet | Mr George Sutherland Brough Mr George T. Sinclair Teacher Brough Mr R. Campbell Teacher Dunnet |
001 | A large and excellent peat moss the property of Mrs B.T. Sinclair of Freswick |
| COURTFA' LOCH | Courtfa Loch | Mr George Sutherland Brough Mr George T. Sinclair Teacher Brough Mr R. Campbell Teacher Dunnet |
001 | A small fresh-water Loch in Courtfall - a small cultivated district in Dunnet: the property of George Traill Esqr of Ratter |
| COURTFA' | Courtfall (District) | Mr George Sutherland Brough Mr George T. Sinclair Teacher Brough Mr R. Campbell Teacher Dunnet |
001 | A small cultivated district in this parish the: property of George Traill Esqr of Ratter |
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[Page] 31Co [County] of Caithness -- Parish of Dunnet
[Faint note Courtfa' Loch] -- This name is pronounced Courtfa
but is written by the Tenants Courtfall in adressing
letters etc to each other but they seem very doubtful about the meaning of
termination etc. some think it is fa' the Scotch word for fall, others that
it is a Norse word, the meaning of which not known. The latter I
think is correct. The name Burifa which
applies to a hill near Dunnet Head
I think altogether foreign to the Scotch, and is very likely Norse The
[?] in these two names, doubtless, come from the Same source, and have one
[meaning?], Should they not all be written the Same way thus Burifa, & Courtfa, Coutfa
[is?] taken no notice of in the Rent Roll, and altho [although] it is by a few spelt Courtfall
[it] is by all, pronounced - Courtfa.
[Signed] Robert Kane Sapr R.E. [Sapper Royal Engineers]
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Moira L- Moderator, David Glass
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