OS1/7/9/97
List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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CREAG BHEAG | Creag Bheag | William Innes, Esq, Reay Thomas Rae Esq. Borlum John McDonald, Millton |
010 | A small round hill the surface of which is rugged and broken - covered with heathy pasture - it is on the property of His Grace the Duke of Portland. |
CREAG MHÒR | Creag Mòr | William Innes, Esq, Reay Thomas Rae Esq. Borlum John McDonald, Millton |
010 | Another round hill similar to the above but larger in size and a little more rugged and broken - both are striking features in the landscape - Creag Mòr is on the property of Sir Robert Gordon Sinclair of Murkle. |
CLAIS AN TUIRC | Clais an Tuirc | William Innes, Esq, Reay Thomas Rae Esq. Borlum John McDonald, Millton |
010 | This name applies to a small narrow valley at the foot of Creag Mòr It is one of those peculiar features which one cannot account for but it has probably been hollowed out by the action of water. |
Continued entries/extra info
[Page] 97Ph [Parish] of Reay -- Co. [County] of Caithness
[Note Creag Bheag] (Little Craig)
[Note Creag Mòr (Big Craig)
[Note Clais an Tuirc] (Hollow of the Castrated Boar) 2nd
[Signed] G. Hobson CA [Civilian Assistant]
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