OS1/7/9/103
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BROUBSTER COTTAGE | Broubster Cottage | Rent roll of estate Mr Tait, Factor for Sir R.C. Sinclair Mr Scott Gunn, Clerk , Thurso |
010 | A small cottage by the side of the public road leading to Broubster and near the north end of Clais an Fearchair. The property of Sir R.C. Sinclair of Murkle |
| CLAIS AN FHEARCHAIR | Clais an Fearchair Clushna Farquhar |
William Innes - Reay Inn John McDonald, Millton Hugh McKay, Blarmore New Stat. Acct [Statistical Account] |
010 | A hollow at the foot of the Acheregan Hill - which is said to take its name from a pictish hero who was slain near it. There is nothing peculiar in its appearance - nor any standing stone in it - to confirm the tradition. |
Continued entries/extra info
[Page] 103Ph [Parish] of Reay -- Co [County] of Caithness
[Note Broubster Cottage] 2nd
[Notes Clais an Fearchair] Farqahar's Hollow
[to be written] for
reference
The letter F always aspirated
after the genitive mas. [masculine] An
of the Article.
"Tradition states that, at the time when the Danes overran these northern parts,
a son of a Danish prince, named Alluva, was slain, and interred at a
place in Strathalladale, called after his name Dalalluva, and that
another Danish prince named Farquhar, was interred at Brubster,
in a place to this day demoninated Clashua Farquhar"
vide new Stat. Acct [Statistical Account]
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