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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| POST OFFICE | Post Office | James Sinclair Esqr Mr Hugh Manson Mr James Manson |
010 | A small receiving office in Thurso district; the property of James Sinclair Esqr of Forss. |
| CREAG AN FHITHICH | Creag an Fhitheich (The Ravens Crag Rock) | James Sinclair Esqr Mr Hugh Manson Mr James Manson |
010 | A rocky Brae in which Ravens formerly built, but have abandoned; the property of James Sinclair Esqr of Forss |
| ACH HACON | Ach Hacon (Hacon's field) Auchtu Hacou |
James Sinclair Esqr Mr Hugh Manson Mr James Manson Torfeus' History of Caithness |
010 | A portion of Milton farm on which Earl Hacon's army is said to have encamped for one night, but there is no mention of a battle having been fought here: the property of James Sinclair Esqr of Forss. |
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[page] 5Co. [County] of Caithness -- Parish of Halkirk
[Note Ach Hacon] -- Hacon is a corruption of Hacou. Earl Hacou was one of the Earls of Orkney in 1100
along with Earl Magnus. '' We have no tradition concerning Earl Hacou. The
only mention of his name is preserved by the two following particulars:- There
is at the Milton of Leurarie in the parish of HalKirk, in Caithness, a field called Auchtu Hacou,
or Hacou's field, and near it there is another field called *Croit na Hblanich*, or the field of the
Scots. If there was a battle there we have no account of it; but it is very probable that two armies
encamped there''. See ''Torfeus' History of Caithness'' Page 92 [initialled] G.R.
* Croit na Hblanich is not now known.
This Earl Hacou was he who caused the death of St. Magnus
in the Isle of Eglisha where they appointed to meet, to a conference in the year 1110
each having two ships. Earl Hacou, however did not stand
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[signed] Robert Kane Sapr R.E. [Sapper Royal Engineers]
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