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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KNOCK INNON | Cnoc-an Aon Haon or Knock Innon | Revd [Reverend] McCallman, Latheron Revd [Reverend] G Davidson, Latheron Revd [Reverend] Mackay. Latheron |
039 | A very prominent hill on the Estate of Latheronwheel & near to the County Road leading from Wick & Thurso to the South. There is the foundations of extensive buildings to be seen, & Mr McCallman beleives it to have been the site of a Church or Chapel, at any rate the Parish School was at one time on this hill. Perhaps it may be the Site of the Castle of Cnocinnon, but Mr McCallman says that he beleives the name to be derived from Some Church or Chapel & hence the hill was called Cnoc an Aon Haon or the ''Hill of the only One: Now corrupted into Knockinnon. |
| Supposed Remains of CASTLE [Knock Innon] | 039 | A very prominent hill on the Estate of Latheronwheel & near to the County Road leading from Wick & Thurso to the South. There is the foundations of extensive buildings to be seen, and Mr McCallman beleives it to have been the site of a Church or Chapel, at any rate the Parish School was at one time on this hill. Perhaps it may be the Site of the Castle of Cnocinnon, but Mr McCallman says that he beleives the name to be derived from Some Church or Chapel & hence the hill was called Cnoc an Aon Haon or the ''Hill of the only One: Now corrupted into Knockinnon. |
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[Page] 271County of Caithness -- Parish of Latheron
[Signed] Charles J Fearnside
Sergeant R.E. [Royal Engineers]
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