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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
GOE HARRA Goe Harra Mr James Stephen Crosskirk
Mr Malcolm Milne, Brims
Mr James Robertson, Brims
004 A small goe on the foreshore a short distance North of Ushat Head. (-a few year ago -) A Man while fishing in it missed his footing and was drowned -
WHALE'S BACK Whale's Back Mr James Stephen Crosskirk
Mr Malcolm Milne, Brims
Mr James Robertson, Brims
004 A small rock on the foreshore which at low water strongly resembles a Whale - hence the name
BRIMS NESS Brims Ness Mr James Stephen Crosskirk
Mr Malcolm Milne, Brims
Mr James Robertson, Brims
004 A long flat reef - rugged and broken, which runs about 18 Chains into the sea and is wholly covered at high water.
NESS BERRY Ness Berry Mr James Stephen Crosskirk
Mr Malcolm Milne, Brims
Mr James Robertson, Brims
004 This name applies to a point of rock - part of Brims Ness -

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