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List of names as written	Various modes of spelling	Authorities for spelling	Situation	Description remarks
KNOWE OF BRENDA	Knowe of Brenda Knowe of Brenda Knowe of Brenda	Mr D Spence Farmer Folster Mr Magnus Johnston Farmer Queena Mr James Scarth Farmer Skogar	094	A small Knoll said to be the remains of an ancient burial mound situated about 1/8 of a mile north west of Downatown and nearly ¼ mile north east of ''Skogar'' the property of Professor Traill Aberdeen. A portion of this object has been removed for the purpose of top-dressing land.
STONE CIST FOUND A.D. 1860 [nr Knowe of Brenda]	Stone Cist. Found A.D.1860 Stone Cist Found A.D.1860 Stone Cist Found A.D.1860	Mr Magnus Johnson Farmer, Queena Mr D. Spence Farmer Folster Mr James Scarth Farmer Skogar	094	This object was discovered by the occupier of Queena, Mr Magnus Johnston, while he was reclaiming the ground at this spot 18 years ago, The Cist was formed of six thin slabs so arranged that each formed a side of a parallelopiped 2 feet long by 15 inches in breadth & depth, Together with a small quantity of brown fatty earth, there was also found in it a polished stone implement (green porphyry) 1 foot 4 inches long, 2 inches broad at one end where the handle appeared to have been broken off while it tapered to a point at the other, its thickness at the centre was about ½ inch whence it tapered to two sharp edges.

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Parish of Birsay -- Orkney

[signed] A T McDonald Corpl. R.E. [Corporal, Royal Engineers]

Knowe of Brenda -- O.E. [Old English]

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