OS1/33/6/1/48
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAIKLE | MaiKle MaiKle MaiKle |
Mr Murray. Tenant Mr Ellison, Bridge Hotel, Bonarbridge Revd [Reverend] Mr Joass, Golspie |
108 | This name applies to a Small Culitvated district Situated [about] 2 Miles West of BonarBridge on both Sides of the Road leading from BonarBridge to Lairg. It is the property of Sidney Hadwin Esqr of Balblair & Kildonan, |
| QUERN FOUND HERE A.D. 1868 [Maikle] | Quern found here A.D. 1868. | 108 | In a field on a rising part of this district, there was found in the Year 1868, while ploughing, a Quern, which consists of a large Stone flag, with a hole about 1 1/2 Inches in [diameter] in its Centre, and 3 other holes near the Margins large Enough to admit the finger. | |
| CAIRN [E of Maikle] | Cairn | 108 | There is a large "Cairn" near a few houses on the East Margin of this district, the Revd [Reverend] Mr Joass Kindly Supplied the following information. Viz. "In a short Cist under a Cairn [here] (MaiKle distict & under the above cairn) "Were found about 20 Years ago. An Urn and a Small bronzed blade, double Edged and very sharp, This has been pronounced by a Com: [Commission] of the Antiq: Socy [Antiquity Society] of Scotland to be a Pictish Razor" these objects are preserved in Dunrobin Museum. |
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| SHORT CIST CONTAINING AN URN AND PICTISH RAZOR FOUND HERE A.D. 1853 [in a cairn, Maikle] | 108 | "In a short Cist under a Cairn [here] (MaiKle distict & under the above cairn) "Were found about 20 Years ago. An Urn and a Small bronzed blade, double Edged and very sharp, This has been pronounced by a Com: [Commission] of the Antiq: Socy [Antiquity Society] of Scotland to be a Pictish Razor" these objects are preserved in Dunrobin Museum. |
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[Page] 48Sutherland -- Ph [Parish] of Criech
[Notes MaiKle] -- Bonar Bridge (one word)
[Signed] William J. Murray
2nd CorplRE [2nd Corporal Royal Engineers]
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