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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
ASTLE O' BURRIAN Castle o'Burrian
Castle o'Burrian
Castle o'Burrian
Robert Stevenson Clerk to Thos. Traill Esq of Holland William Drever Farmer Moa John Leslie Farmer Swartaback 080 A detached high Island on the east coast of Rapness and supposed to have been the site of a Pictish Fort 1/2 mile north of the Farm house of Clifton
BARE ROWA Bare Rowa
Bare Rowa
Bare Rowa
Robert Stevenson Clerk to Thos. Traill Esq of Holland William Drever Farmer Moa John Leslie Farmer Swartaback 080 A high rocky Island at high water on the east coast of Rapness a little over1/8 of a mile east of the Castle o'Burrian and 1/2 mile north east of Clifton

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"Bight of Stangerhead" [first entered as "Bight of Stangerness"] spelling by "Robert Stevenson Clerk to Thos. Traill Esq of Holland William Drever Farmer Moa John Leslie Farmer Swartaback" descriptive remarks " A Small Bay on the east coast of Rapness 1/2 mile north east of Clifton and 3/8ths of a mile east of Castle o' Burrian" -- THIS ENTRY HAS BEEN OMITTED FROM LIST OF NAMES AS WRITTEN ON PLAN.

In the List of Names as Written "Castle o'Burrian" is incorrectly recorded as "astle o'Burrian".

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