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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
Aith Ness Aith Ness
Aith Ness
Aith Ness
Aithness
Aithness
Aithness
Andrew Mure Sheriff Substitute James Robertson Grawster
John Sinclair Aithness
Johnston's Map
Estate Map Bressay
Valuation Roll
053.02 This anme applies to a long headland penetrating in a northerly direction its greatest length is about one mile by one half mile, there is a small "Island" lying to the northeast of it, and divides it from it by a small channel the western boundary of the Ness is formed by a large "Voe" or "Bay" which for the most part is navigable to all vessels and affords good anchorage for the same This "Ness" is the property of Miss Ann Moat Gardie House Island of Bressa.

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

Aith Ness [Note] (Eid - Nes = the ness of the isthmus)

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