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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
PICT'S HOUSE (Supposed Remains of) [Dunnet Head] Supposed Pictish House (remains of) Robert Campbell, Schoolmaster, Dunnet
Revd [Reverend] Mr Jolly, Minister Dunnet.
John Swanson Esq Ham.
001 On the highest part of Dunnet Head are the remains of some rude building which has probably been a beacon or Watch tower It is a circular mound about 5 or 6 feet in height and strongly resembles a Pictish house as the rude masonry can be seen here and then in it where the surface of it is the least broken -
Its position for a beacon is admirable and it commands one of the finest views imaginable -
LOCH OF EASTER HEAD Loch of Easter Head Robert Campbell, Schoolmaster, Dunnet
Revd [Reverend] Mr Jolly, Minister Dunnet.
John Swanson Esq Ham
001 A small loch about 10 chains from the Edge of the cliff - situated in a hollow -

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Ph [Parish] of Dunnet -- Co [County] of Caithness

[Signed] George Hobson, C.A. [Civilian Assistant]

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