OS1/23/26/70
List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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HOOKIN | Hookin Hookin Hookin |
as above Robert S. Stevenson Clerk to Thomas Traill Esquire of Holland James Miller Farmer Backiskeel Andrew Drever Farmer Daybreck |
071 | A small farm dwelling house and Steading on the east coast of Papa Westray 3/4ths of a mile south east of Holland and north of the east end of Lock of St. Tredwell. |
LINKS | Links Links Links |
as above Robert S. Stevenson Clerk to Thomas Traill Esquire of Holland James Miller Farmer Backiskeel Andrew Drever Farmer Daybreck |
071 | A farm dwelling house & steading 1/2 mile east of the Mansion House of Holland and 1/8 of a mile north of Loch of St. Tredwell |
STANDING STONE [Holland] | Standing Stone Standing Stone Standing Stone |
Robert S. Stevenson Clerk to Thomas Traill Esquire of Holland and Papa Westray James Miller Farmer Backiskeel Andrew Drever Farmer Daybreck |
071 | A stone fixed in the ground about 3 feet high a short distance north of the Mansion House of Holland. No information can be got as to the date of its erection but it is evidently an antiquity or of so remote origin as to be classed amongst the numerous monoliths in the northern & Western Isles, of which no information can be obtained as to their use. |
Continued entries/extra info
70 Island of Papa Westray Parish of Westray, OrkneyPage signed -
"Jno Durran
SapperR.E."
Transcriber's notes
There is some faint underwriting below the description remarks the last part of which reads 'states it to be ancient'page signed off as: Jno. Durran Sapper R. E.
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sue, Kugi
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