OS1/7/4/18
List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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ACHSCRABSTER | Achscrabster Achscrabster Achscrabster |
Mr Edgar Mr Murray Mr Campbell |
011 | This name applies to a small district containing a neat dwelling house and garden for the Manager A large farm Steading and a [number] of Small dwelling houses for [the] men Employed at the [Quarry] (The property of James Sinclair Esqr [Forss] |
PRIEST HILLOCK | Priest Hillock | James Sinclair Esq. of Forss Mr Hugh Manson Mr James Manson Milton of Lieurary |
011 | A small Hillock - greatly resembling the remains of a Pictish House; but, believed to be that of a Roman Catholic Chapel there is however nothing definitive Known about it, as the inhabitants of this locality appear to pay very [little] attention to antiquity: the property of James Sinclair Esq of Forss. |
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[page] 18County of Caithness -- Parish of HalKirk
[signed] William John Thomas
Sapper R.E. [Royal Engineers]
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DANIALSAN, Moira L- Moderator, David Glass
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