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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
CAIRN [Coursan] Cairn Mr. H. Marwick Postmaster Eday.
Mr. I. Tulloch, Dale, Eday.
Mr. A. Benson Carpoquoy, Eday.
086 An ancient mound of stones, supposed to be a funeral pile or cairn.
COURSAN Coursan Mr. H. Marwick Postmaster Eday.
Mr. I. Tulloch, Dale, Eday.
Mr. A. Benson Carpoquoy, Eday.
086 This name is applied to a very rough rocky piece of foreshore situated about 1/4 of a mile north-west from the farm house known by the name of Dale.

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Muriel Rousay

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