OS1/31/4/168

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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
Site of
Cuml		 Cuml Mr. Andrew Jamieson Houllands
Mr. John Jamieson Arg.
Mr. Andrew Moar Wester Skeld		 051.06 A green spot known as the Site of a Pict's House: It is situated a short distance east of "Houllands" and 1/4 mile South of "Kilura": Upon the property of Andrew Umphray Esqr. of Reawick.
It is said that all the houses and dykes in the district of Easter Skeld have been built out of stones carried from this site, and that the last of them were removed only a few years ago, This must be the "Brough" of Easter Skeld referred to in "New Statistical account of Scotland,

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[Page] 168

Parish of Sandsting Shetland

[Signed] William Fraser C/A [Civilian Assistant]

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In the first column, "Old English" is written below "Site of Cuml".

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