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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| HOUSLE CAIRN | Housle Housell Cairn |
Estate Plan | Continued [from page 75] also a quantity of Deers horns and bones of animals [found] The cells were well built and similar in shape to those [that] have already been described The cairn on the top of it - [shewn] on trace - is of modern [construction] and is about 5 1/2 feet [high] Housell cairn is about [250] links in diameter - and [about] 10 feet high - |
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| PICT'S HOUSE (Remains of) [Housle Cairn] | Continued [from page 75] also a quantity of Deers horns and bones of animals [found] The cells were well built and similar in shape to those [that] have already been described The cairn on the top of it - [shewn] on trace - is of modern [construction] and is about 5 1/2 feet [high] Housell cairn is about [250] links in diameter - and [about] 10 feet high - |
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| STONE CISTS CONTAINING HUMAN REMAINS, BRONZE RINGS, IRON SPEARHEADS AND POTTERY FOUND HERE [Housle Cairn] | Continued [from page 75] also a quantity of Deers horns and bones of animals [found] The cells were well built and similar in shape to those [that] have already been described The cairn on the top of it - [shewn] on trace - is of modern [construction] and is about 5 1/2 feet [high] Housell cairn is about [250] links in diameter - and [about] 10 feet high - |
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| GERSTON DISTILLERY | Gerston Distillery | James Calder Swanson, Esq, Gerston. Mr B. Davidson, Gerston Mr D. McKay - Halkirk |
017 | A small distillery where [whisky] and ale are made - The distilling process is only [in] operation during the Winter season - It belongs to J.C. Swanson Esq Gerston, [and] is on the Property of Sir J.G.T. Sinclair of Ullbster Caithness |
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[page] 76County of Caithness -- Parish of Halkirk
[signed] George Hobson C.A. [Civilian Assistant]
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