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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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WHITE NESS | White Ness | A. Sutherland. Tain Alexander Ross. Tain Robert Gordon Tain |
029 | An accute point at the low water mark in the Dornoch firth the origin of the name appears to have arisen from the color of the Sand around it |
WHITENESS SANDS | Whiteness Sands | A. Sutherland. Tain Alexander Ross. Tain Robert Gordon Tain |
029 | An extensive tract of Sand in the Dornoch Firth stretching in a easterly direction from White Ness. |
RUDH' NA H-INNSE MÒIRE | Ru na h-Innse Mòire | A. Sutherland. Tain Alexander Ross. Tain Robert Gordon Tain |
029 | "The point of the big Island" An accute bend on the High Water mark at the westerly point of the Morrich More |
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[page] 67Co. [County] of Ross -- Parish of Tain
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[Signed] James Gray
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