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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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WICK WATER | Wick Water | Gazetteer of Scotland Mr Sutherland; Schoolmaster Mr McAuly; Bilbster Mr Bain: N. [North] Bilbster |
019 ; 024 | WicK Water, after being formed by head Streams from Watten and Toftingall laKes in the Conterminous Parish of Watten, moves Sluggishly down the great low Central Strath, a distance of about 9 Miles and enters the Sea at WicK |
STANDING STONE | Standing Stone | Gazetteer of Scotland Mr Sutherland; Schoolmaster Mr McAuly; Bilbster Mr Bain: N. [North] Bilbster |
019 | A large Standing Stone: about 5 feet above the Surface of the ground, no information respecting the fore mention Stone Could be obtained |
BRIDGE OF BILBSTER | Bridge of Bilbster | Gazetteer of Scotland Mr Sutherland; Schoolmaster Mr McAuly; Bilbster Mr Bain: N. [North] Bilbster |
019 | A Stone Bridge with one arch erected across the Bilbster Burn - Repaired by the County |
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[Page] 88Caithness County -- WicK Parish
[Note Standing Stone] -- It is Supposed to be antiquity
of some description but of
what Kind not Known
by the inhabitants
[Signed] D. Campbell.
[Signed] D, Campbell C,A [Civilian Assistant]
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