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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| CALDER BURN | Calder Burn | James Calder Swanson Esq Gerston Mr Benjamin Davidson Gerston Mr D. McKay. Halkirk |
017 | This burn flows out of Loch Calder - Its course, which is through the Calder District - is principally in a north easterly direction - and it joins the Thurso River near the Village of Halkirk The Course of this burn is wholly artificial - |
| HOUSLE CAIRN | Pictish House Housle Cairn |
James Calder Swanson Esq Gerston Mr Benjamin Davidson Gerston Mr D. McKay. Halkirk Estate Plan |
017 | About twenty years ago the Present Tenant of Gerston removed a great deal of Earth and stones from this cairn - in doing so several stone cists contain human remains were discovered, also bronze rings, iron spearheads - in the latter - the decayed wood still remained - and an earthenware dish of blue clay rudely made - There was also - over [Continued on page 76] |
| PICT'S HOUSE (Remains of) [Housle Cairn] | 017 | About twenty years ago the Present Tenant of Gerston removed a great deal of Earth and stones from this cairn - in doing so several stone cists contain human remains were discovered, also bronze rings, iron spearheads - in the latter - the decayed wood still remained - and an earthenware dish of blue clay rudely made - There was also - over [Continued on page 76] |
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| STONE CISTS CONTAINING HUMAN REMAINS, BRONZE RINGS, IRON SPEARHEADS AND POTTERY FOUND HERE [Housle Cairn] | 017 | About twenty years ago the Present Tenant of Gerston removed a great deal of Earth and stones from this cairn - in doing so several stone cists contain human remains were discovered, also bronze rings, iron spearheads - in the latter - the decayed wood still remained - and an earthenware dish of blue clay rudely made - There was also - over [Continued on page 76] |
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[page] 75Parish of Halkirk -- County of Caithness
[signed] George Hobson C.A. [Civilian Assistant]
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