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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HEN OF GAIRSAY | Hen of Gairsay | Major Calder, Factor, Shapinshay Peter Foubister, Farmer, Gairsay John Bichan, Crofter, Gairsay |
096 | Applies to a small peninsula on the east side of the island of Gairsay, connected by a small neck of land, or isthmus between Millburn Bay & Russness Bay. The property of Colonel Balfour of Balfour & Trenabie. |
| MILLBURN BAY | Millburn Bay | Major Calder, Factor, Shapinshay Peter Foubister, Farmer, Gairsay John Bichan, Crofter, Gairsay |
096 | A small but deep bay on the south side of the island of Gairsay and on the west side of the Hen of Gairsay. it affords shelter and safe anchorage for small crafts. |
| SWEYN'S CASTLE (Site of) | Sweyn's Castle | Col. Balfour, Balfour Castle | 096 | Applies to a mound said to be the site of Sweyn Asleifson's Castle situated 4 chains south of Russness. *Swein used to reside at home in Gareksey, in winter keeping there eighty men at his own expense. He had such a large drinking hall that there was none equal to it anywhere else in the Orkneys. It has been said that he was the greatest man in the Western lands, either in old times or at the present day, of these who had got a higher title than he had. After his death his sons Olaf and Andres divided their patrimony. The next summer after his death they raised the end walls of the large drinking hall which he had in Gareksey. "Orkneyinga Saga" |
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