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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PICTS' HOUSES (Remains of) | Remains of Supposed Pictish House | Robert Campbell, Schoolmaster Dunnet William Clair, Farmer Dunnet |
006 | This seems to have been a very large Pictish house but nearly all of it has been removed No information can be obtained of any of these Pictish buildings on the Links of Dunnet further than that they are Brughs or Tullochs - and are composed of rudely built masonry & earth - Four chains south of the above is a large artificial mound, it is fully twenty feet in height and almost three chains long at the base and 150 links broad. No excavation seems to have been made in it, on the top at the West End of it is the remains of what seems to be the opening into it, could get no information about it. |
| PICTS' HOUSE | Pictish House | Robert Campbell, Schoolmaster Dunnet William Clair, Farmer Dunnet |
006 | Four chains south of the above is a large Artificial Mound - it is fully twenty feet in height and almost three chains long at the base and 150 links broad - no excavation seems to have been made in it - on the top at the West End of it is the remains of what seems to be the opening into it - cd [could] get no information about it - |
| BURN OF HELSHIGROW | Burn of Helshigrow | Robert Campbell, Schoolmaster Dunnet William Clair, Farmer Dunnet |
006 | A small burn about half a mile in length which rises from drains it flows in an Easterly direction through the Links of Dunnet - into the Dunnet Bay |
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[Page] 93Ph [Parish] of Dunnet -- County of Caithness
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