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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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SUMMER CRAIG | Summer Craig | John Cairncross Thurso Alexander Houston Castleton William Murray, Murkle |
006 | A small ridge of rocK running out from the Cliff which forms one side of a small Goe. This goe is often used in summer time as a small haven for boats - Hence the name |
RAE BERRY | Rae Berry | John Cairncross Thurso Alexander Houston, Castleton William Murray, Murkle |
006 | A flat reef of rocK about 10 chains East of Summers Craig. |
TROWES' GOE | Trowes' Goe | John Cairncross Thurso Alexander Houston, Castleton William Murray, Murkle |
006 | A small break in the East side of Rae Berry. Trowe or Drow is a name given in OrKney and Shetland to certain inhabitants of the sea viewed by the Vulgar as malignant spirits - vide - Jamieson's Dictionary - Local tradition says - that the sea trowes were often to be seen on this reef in the olden time and wd [would] lure ships and boats on to the rocks in the darkness by their cries |
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[Page] 20Parish of Olrig -- County of Caithness
[Signed] G. Hobson
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