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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BROUGH [Holm of Papa] | Picts House Picts House Picts House |
asw above Robert S. Stevenson Clerk to Thomas Traill Esq. of Holland James Miller Farmer Backiskeel Andrew Drever Farmer Daybreck Archaeologia Scotica p.94 |
071 | An Erd House or underground Picts House close to the east Side and on the highest part of the Holm of Papa It was laid open some years ago and shews a central apartment communicating with Smaller ones at each end and having ranged around them twelve cells , two of which are double and all communicating with the central appartment by passages Somewhat similar to those on Wideford Hill. The whole length from the extremity of the central appartment to the other is about 77 Feet |
| HOLM OF PAPA | Holm of Papa Holm of Papa Holm of Papa |
Robert S. Stevenson Clerk to Thomas Traill Esq. of Holland James Miller Farmer Backiskeel Andrew Drever Farmer Daybreck | 071 | A Small Island about 1/2 mile east of the centre of Papa westray. It is in the parish of Westray and is 1/2 mile long by about 1/4 of a mile broad and is the property of Thomas Traill Esq of Holland and Papa Westray. There is good pasture on it._ |
| LAWS POINT | Laws Point Laws Point Laws Point |
Robert S. Stevenson Clerk to Thomas Traill Esq. of Holland and Papa Westray James Miller Farmer Backiskeel Andrew Drever Farmer Daybreck |
071 | A small point of Low water rocks on the west side of South Wick and a short distance north east of Nouster |
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Island of Papa Westray Parish of Westray Orkney 73Page signed -
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Sapper R.E,"
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