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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
GROUNDWATER Groundwater
Groundwater
Groundwater
Groundwater
Groundwater
Groundwater
John Brough
J. Robertson
James Hay Oback
Orkney & Shetland Guide Directory & Almanac (1877)
Handbook to the Orkneys
Orkney Rentals, (1627 & 1642)
107 A district containing a few farm houses situated at the north end of the Loch of Kirbister. Various proprietors.
TUMULI [Upper Groundwater] Tumuli Mr James Robertson, Upper Groundwater
Mr John Brough, Nether Groundwater
107 Applies to a group of six tumuli situated N. by E. of Upper Groundwater all within a distance of 15 chains of that farmhouse.
TUMULUS [Nether Groundwater] Tumulus
tumulus
Mr James Robertson, Upper Groundwater Mr John Brough, Nether Groundwater 107 Applies to a small mound situated 8 chains N.W. of Nether Groundwater.

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