OS1/7/4/161
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACHCOMHAIRLE | Achcomhairle | Mr P. Campbell Sibster Mr D. Mill Mr J. Grant Spittal |
018 | This was formerly a large farm-steading, but now a shepherd's house It was so named from a "Council" having assembled in it, - in consequence of the removal of the "Georgemas Fair" from "Spittal Hill" - to consider about it's retention; but their efforts in that respect failed. The property of the Trustees of the late James Williamson Esqr |
| Site of PICT'S HOUSE | (Site of) Pictish House | Mr P. Campbell Sibster Mr D. Mill Mr J. Grant Spittal |
018 | The remains of this Pictish House" were removed many years ago: the property of Sir P.M. Thriepland Bart. [Baronet] of Fingask |
| SPITAL HILL | Spittal Hill | Mr P. Campbell Sibster Mr D. Mill Mr J. Grant Spittal Torfius' History of Caithness* |
018 | A partially cultivated hill, and one of the highest in this County: the Parish Boundary passes over it's top. The "Georgemas Fair was formerly held on the top of this hill; *besides, it was a great military station, or common place of rendevous in Caithness of Old, and it was here that "Comes Magbragdus" - a Scots nobleman - assembled a great army to attack Liotus in "Paludes Scidensibus"; i.e. extensive tracts of plain mossy ground in the vicinity, - and to the South - of this hill. Partly the property of Sir P.M. Thriepland Bart. [Baronet], and the Trustees of the late James Williamson Esqr |
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[page] 161Co. [County] of Caithness -- Parish of Halkirk
[signed] Robert Kane Sapr. R.E. [Sapper Royal Engineers]
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