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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
NOUST OF SWITHA Noust of Switha Andrew Gold Esq Grainbank
John Ross farmer Bow
James Barnet Pan
123 A small creek on the north side of the island of Switha, is the only landing of safety on the island, situate about 1/4 of a mile west of North Taing & 1/8 of a mile N east of Standing Stone.
STANDING STONE [Noust of Switha] Standing Stone Andrew Gold Esq Grainbank
John Ross farmer Bow
James Barnet Pan
123 Applies to a standing stone about 3 feet in height but would have formerly been about 9 or 10 feet high, It had got broken, and the top piece is still to be seen, is supposed to be an antiquity but nothing is know regarding it.
SWITHA SOUND Switha Sound Andrew Gold Esq Grainbank
John Ross farmer Bow
James Barnet Pan
123 A large channel bounded on the south by the island of Switha and extending from Innan Neb in the north west to Stanger Head on the north east, It is noted for the force of its current.

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