OS1/7/3/47
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WESTER | Wester | John Swanson, Esq. Ham Robert Campbell, Schoolmaster Dunnet Alexander Moodie, Corsback |
001 | A small farm steading- dwelling house with Garden attached, the property of J C Traill Esq of Rattar |
| PICT'S HOUSE (Remains of) [Burn of Rattar] | Pictish House (remains of) |
John Swanson, Esq. Ham Robert Campbell, Schoolmaster Dunnet Alexander Moodie, Corsback |
001 | On the East side of the Burn of Rattar where it enters the Sea are the remains of what must have been an Extensive Pictish building or probably a broch - The bank where the slope is shewn - see trace - is one mass of building - Bones, - (animals probably) limpet & periwinkle shells can be picked out from among the ruins - The stones have evidently been burned as they are almost all calcined as if with fire. No information can be obtained of it Except that it is the remains of an ancient building of the same class as the pictish houses - or tullochs - A few chains to the East of it several silver armlets were discovered in small stone cists - some months ago - see name list of sheet 2 plan 9 - |
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[Page] 47Ph [Parish] of Dunnet -- Co [County] of Caithness
[Signed] George Hobson. CA. [Civilian Assistant]
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