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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
Rules Ness Rules Ness
Rules Ness
Rules Ness
Andrew Mure Esqr. Sheriff Substitute
Estate Plan
John Sinclair Aithness
053.11 This name applies to a small headland penetrating into the Sea in a northerly direction & situated one half mile to the south of the "Bay of Cuppa"
Loder Head Loder Head Andrew Mure Esqr. Sheriff Substitute
Estate Plan
John Sinclair Aithness
053.11 This name applies to the extreme point of "Rules Ness" It is the property of "Miss Mouat Gerdie House"
Hill of Setter Hill of Setter Andrew Mure Esqr. Sheriff Substitute
Estate Plan
John Sinclair Aithness
053.11 This name applies to a large Hill Situated one quarter of a mile to the west of "Swart Houll" it is the property of "Miss Mouat Gerdie House."

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Parish of Bressay -- Shetland
[signed] William Murray Sapr. R.E. [Sapper Royal Engineers]

Loder Head [note] Loder or Loders, a freq. [frequent] name in Shetland for flat rocks washed by the Sea: perhaps from La'tr (pron? [pronoun] Lauter or Loter) a place where seals lay their young.

Rules Ness [note] (Marginal)

Loder Head [note] (Marginal)

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