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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
DUN SOBHUILL Dun Sobhuill Donald McFarlane Galson
(Informant could not spell)
John Morrison, Ordce. [Ordnance] Survey
002 The Site of a Circular old Castle, on the Sea Coast, at Gabhsunn O Tuath - no part of the wall can be seen at present, And the natives can give no information Respecting its antiquity or use. It appears to have been about thirty feet in diameter.
GABHSUNN O' THUATH Gabhsunn O' Thuath Donald McFarlane Galson
(Informant could not spell)
John Morrison, Ordce. [Ordnance] Survey
002 A small village of huts built of stone and earth, and thatched with straw. It is intersected by the Stornoway and Ness road, and by two bye roads. It contains two slated houses and has a large tract of good arable, and a considerable tract of moor land attached to it.

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[Page] 78
Plan 2 D List of Names collected by 2nd Corpl. [Corporal] Hayes
Township or Parish - Barvas

Objects
Dun Sobhuill - Ruin
Gabhsunn O' Thuath - Village

[Page signed] Michael Hayes 2nd Corp RSM [Royal Sappers and Miners]
29th March

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