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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
SCOUTHAL scouthill


Scouthal
Mr D Williamson, scouthil
Revd [Reverend] A. Gunn, F.C. [Free Church] Manse
Mr McKinnon, sheilton
Estate plan
Major Horne - StirKoKe
023 This name applies to three dwelling houses, with outhouses and Garden attached, situated by the side of the scouthil Burn - scouthil was once a small estate by itself - but is now a large sheep farm and is the property of His Grace the Duke of Portland -
CLAIS NA CAILLICH Clais na Cailliche Mr D Williamson, scouthil
Revd [Reverend] A. Gunn, F.C. [Free Church] Manse
Mr McKinnon, sheilton
Estate plan
Major Horne - StirKoKe
023 The origin of this name is from the fact of some old women meeting there, to deside the marches between two estates many years ago - a small burn issuing from a drain was the boundry between the estates - which are now all in one and are the property of His Grace the Duke of Portland

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Watten -- Caithness

[Note Clais na Cailliche] -- (The Hollow of the Old Woman)

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

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