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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
DÙN SLEIBHE Dùn Sleibhe John McKenzie Swanibost
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John Morrison Ordce [Ordnance] Survey
003 The Ruins of what is supposed to have been an old Castle And which is at present scarcely traceable. It is said to have been formerly Enclosed by a deep broad ditch, on which was a drawbridge, And that it was then Surrounded by a deep and almost impassable marsh which Rendered it a place of Considerable Security to the sheep lifters who it said inhabited it.

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Plan 3 C -- List of Names collected by 2nd Corpl. [Corporal] Hayes
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Township or Parish - Barvas

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Dùn Sleibhe - Ruin

[signed] Michael Hayes
2nd Corpl. RS&M [Corporal Royal Sappers and Miners]
21st May 1852

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