OS1/23/10/51
List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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BROUGH [Bu'] | The Brough The Brough The Brough Brough |
J.G. Moodie Heddle Esq. Melsetter Hoy Rev. R. Watson, Moness Mr William Clouston, Joiner, Moness Adopted |
112 | Applies to a raised or artificial mound supposed to be an antiquity and is one of those raised mounds so common throughout Orkney. No reliable information concerning it could be obtained. It is situated about 1/4 mile north east of Bu' and 1/8 mile north west of Point of the Stane. |
INNER SKERRY | Inner Skerry Inner Skerry Inner Skerry |
J.G. Moodie Heddle Esq. Melsetter Hoy Rev. R. Watson, Moness Mr William Clouston, Moness | 112 | Applies to a flat low water rock situated a few chains north east of Point of the Stane and a short distance east of Brough and 1/4 mile north east of Bu'. |
MIDDLE SKERRY | Middle Skerry Middle Skerry Middle Skerry |
J.G. Moodie Heddle Esq. Melsetter Hoy Rev. R. Watson, Moness Mr William Clouston, Moness | 112 | Applies to a portion of low water rocks situated a few chains north east of Inner Skerry and 1/4 mile east of Brough. |
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