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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
Douna Dale Douna Dale Mr Irvine Farmer N Brae
Mr Smith Farmer Brae
Mr Gifford Factor Busta
030.09 This name applies to a small
valley situated about 300 [...]
North East of Gallow Hill
It is covered with heath[y]
pasture and is the property
of Miss Gifford [Lerwick]
Gallow Hill Gallow Hill Mr Irvine Farmer N Brae
Mr Smith Farmer Brae
Mr Gifford Factor Busta
Admiralty chart
030.09 This name applies to a hill [imm-]
-ediately east of Ladie Hill
and about one and a fourth
north east of Brae Post Office
It is covered with heather [...]
is the property of Miss Gifford

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The first entry has been deleted. It reads as follows: Name - Cumle, Various modes of spelling - Cumle (stroked out) Described in another page, Authority for spelling - Mr Irvine Farmer N Brae Mr Smith Farmer Brae Mr Gifford Factor Busta, Descriptive remarks - This name applies to a small piece of rising ground situated about 20 chains south of the centre of Ladie Hill and 1 mile north east of the end [of] "Busta Voe". It is covered [...] heathy pasture and is the property of Miss Gifford. There is [...] is supposed to have been the ruin of a pictish tower on this [ground]

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