OS1/7/12/115

List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
BAIL A' CHAIRN Bail a' Chairn
(Pict's House)
Revd [Reverend] Alexander Gunn, F.C. [Free Church] Manse Watten
Mr McKinnon, Sheilton
Mr Donald Williamson Scouthil.
023 One of the finest specimens of Pictish dwellings in the District It is as far as I can judge, about 25 feet high, and has a terrace round it about 10 feet high on the north and south sides - and averaging from 20 to 25 links in breadth On the east and west sides the terrace disappears - its appearance from a distance looking westward is something like this:- [Sketch inserted]
looking northward: [Sketch inserted]
An excavation was made in it by some people in the district, but through fear that the invasion of the Fairies' dwelling,
over,
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PICT'S HOUSE (Remains of) [Bail a' Chairn] 023 One of the finest specimens of Pictish dwellings in the District It is as far as I can judge, about 25 feet high, and has a terrace round it about 10 feet high on the north and south sides - and averaging from 20 to 25 links in breadth On the east and west sides the terrace disappears - its appearance from a distance looking westward is something like this:- [Sketch inserted]
looking northward: [Sketch inserted]
An excavation was made in it by some people in the district, but through fear that the invasion of the Fairies' dwelling,
over,
[Continued on OS1/7/12/116]

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[Page] 115
Watten Parish -- Caithness

[Note Bail a' Chairn] -- meaning - either,
"Town of the Cairn,"
or "Cairn of the Town"

[Signed] George Hobson C.A. [Civilian Assistant]

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