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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Site of ST MAGNUS' HOSPITAL | St Magnus' Hospital (Site of) | Captain Gunn Braehour Mr Grant Spittal Mr Brims Thurso |
018 | This Hospital, Supposed to have been built by St Magnus, Stood a few feet south west of the old Chapel, of that name, at Spittal, which, as well as the Hospital, was supported by that individual with an endowment of lands. It is also said that the endowment was increased by Earl Ronald, another of the earls of Orkney, the same individual who was the originator and benefactor of the Kirkwall Cathedral, in memory of St Magnus. For many years the Clan Gunn held, hereditary, the Governorship, and management of this Chapel, and Hospital, but about the middle of the 16th century, that power was taken from them, by the united Clans Keith, Sinclair, and Mackay, with whom they were continually at variance. Up to the end of the eighteenth century the Gunns are said to have carried their dead from all parts of the County, as well as the Kildonan district of the Sutherland County, in order to be interred in this Chapel, of Spittal. "The lands mortified in support of this Hospital was swallowed up at the Reformation". See Notes, Torfeus' History Page 92. There is nothing of the Hospital, now to be seen, but Mr Gunn farmer Braehour says, he has seen part [continued on Page 164] |
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