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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| STONEHONE | Stonehone | 018 | [Continued from Page 21] for saint Magnus wanted to give the news of this victory himself, and this way turned the serpent to a stone; and being in great haste, he crossed the Pentland Frith on a great stone, which is pointed out in the parish of BurricK, with the impression of the saint's foot upon it. The OrKneymen behaved gallantly in this battel, as will be told elsewhere. of Sculius, we have no tradition, nor any public monument. It is true, there is in the parish of Loth, in Sutherland, a vestige of a road that was cut of old, probably for the marching of an army, by which means they would be safe from any party that might attacK them from the top of the rocKs by which they must otherwise have marched. This pass or cut road is still called Ca Scuill, or the road of Sculius." |
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[Page] 22Caithness -- Parish of Watten
[Signed] M. Banks c.a. [Civilian Assistant]
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