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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PICT'S HOUSE (Remains of) [Blackheath] | Pictish House (Remains of) Pictish House (Remains of) Pictish House (Remains of) |
Mr John McDonald Mr John Cormack Mr. B. Henderson |
005 | A small mound 50 chains East of Blackheath: the ruin of a Picts House the property of the Crown |
| SCRABSTER HILL | Scrabster Hill | Mr George Bain Newlands of Geise Mr Daniel Manson Taldale Mr James Henderson Waas |
005 | A rough - uncultivated - hill attached to Scrabster farm: the property of the Crown |
| THING'S WA | Thing's Wa | Mr George Bain Newlands of Geise Mr Daniel Manson Taldale Mr James Henderson Waas |
013 | A large ''Mound'' apparently the remains of an ancient building it is the opinion of Some that a Bishop lived in it; but from William Miller A.M.'s [Master of Arts] lectures on ''Our Scandinavian Forefathers'' that it was a place where parliament assembled in this locality viz. a Scandinavian Parliament - for ''Thing'' in Norse signifies Parliament - ''Every district had it's ''Thing'' and the poorest ''bondi'', - or land owner - had the right to appear at the ''Thing'' and while there was on an equal footing with the most powerful Earl, or Jarl and even with the King himself. There were some instances of Kings being defeated at ''Things'' by some simple ''bondi''. |
| BROUGH [1895] [Thing's Wa] | Rev [Reverend] A MacKay, Westerdale, Halkirk | 005 |
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[page] 85County of Caithness -- Parish of Thurso
[signed] Robert Kane Sapr. R.E. [Sapper Royal Engineers]
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