OS1/7/8/18
List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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DRUM HOLLISTAN | Drum Hollistan | William Innes, Esq, Reay Mr Gunn, Schoolmaster John McDonald Milltown |
009 | A long ridge of no great Eminence about a mile in length, it is covered with heather. And is the property of His Grace the Duke of Portland. |
LONE TORRIGAL | Lone Torrigal | William Innes, Esq, Reay Mr Gunn, Schoolmaster John McDonald Milltown |
009 | A long flat portion of the moorland about a mile and a quarter in length, lying due north and south. (I have written this name as it is pronounced as I cant get the meaning of it) |
ALLT TORRIGAL | Allt Torrigal | William Innes, Esq, Reay Mr Gunn, Schoolmaster John McDonald Milltown |
009 | A small stream which rises in Lon Torrigal and pursues a northerly course till near the turnpike road, after which it turns Eastward, falling into Sandside Burn at the Reay Village. |
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[Page] 18Ph. [Parish] of Reay -- County of Caithness
Drum Hollistan [note] (Prospect Hill or ridge) is the meaning given in McKays History of the Clan McKay
[Signed] G.H.
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