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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harbour | Harbour Harbour Harbour |
Lewis T. N. Garriock Esqr Estate Plan Mr Hunter Boatman Scalloway |
056.02 | This name is given to a good & land locked harbour situated on the SW [South West] of the Island of Shetland & immediately to the South of the Village of Scalloway. Owing to the number of shoals & Islands the approach is both intricate & precarious. but inside it is one of the best in Shetland |
| Scalloway Castle | Scalloway Castle (In Ruins) Scalloway Castle (In Ruins) Scalloway Castle (In Ruins) Castle |
Lewis T. N. Garriock Esqr Mr Smith Mr McInnes Fullerton's Gazateer Admiralty Chart |
056.02 | This name is given to the ruins of a Castle built in the year 1600 by Patrick Stewart. Its shape is an elongated square with a wing jutting south and west & is finished at each angle with a neat round tower projecting about 4 feet and about 20 feet from the base of the wall, the walls are of considerable thickness being in some cases about 6ft. The walls stand about 3 stories high the lower flat being arched over Scalloway Castle situated above the Village Was built about the year 1600 by Patrick Stewart the tyrannical Earl of Orkney "Vide" Fullertons Gazateer - Property if the Earl of Zetland. |
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[Page] 194Parish of Tingwall
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