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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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MONADH NAN CÀRN | Monadh nan Carn | Donald Sutherland Shurrery George Brydon Shepherd Shurrery D. Campbell Shurrery |
016 | This name applies to an eminence Some little distance east of the Village of Brubster, part of it is covered with heath and part of [it] is cultivated. There is a church, Manse small croft, and the remains of a Pictish house on this hill; from the latter it has, no doubt, taken the name carn. The Property of His Grace the Duke of Portland. |
PICT'S HOUSE (Remains of) [Monadh nan Carn] | Pictish House Remains of | Donald Sutherland Shurrery George Brydon Shepherd Shurrery D. Campbell Shurrery |
016 | Situated on the top of Monadh an Carn, near the old church. A great number of the Stones of this cairn, have been taken away for building purposes, but it is Still about 8 feet high, covered with loose Stones. |
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[Page] 137County of Caithness -- Parish of Reay
[Note Monadh nan Carn] -- Hill of the Cairns
[Signed] George Rose C.A. [Civilian Assistant]
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