OS1/33/6/1/97
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DUN CRIECH | Dun Criech Dun Criech Dun Criech |
Capt. [Captain] B. MacKenzie. Criech Ho [House] New Statistical Account (Criech Ph) [Parish] Revd [Reverend] Mr Joass, Golspie. |
111 | This name Signifying "Criech Hill" is applied to a Wooded Eminence situated on the North Side of the "Dornoch Firth" about 3 Miles, E. [East] of the Village of Bonarbridge. |
| DÙN CREICH 1-inch Revision oct. [October] 1894 | Dùn Creich | For authorities see page 93. & correspondence in front page | 111 | |
| VITRIFIED FORT [Dun Creich] | Vitrified Fort Vitrified Fort Vitrified Fort |
Capt. [Captain] B. MacKenzie. Criech Ho [House] New Statistical Account (Criech Ph) [Parish] Revd [Reverend] Mr Joass, Golspie |
111 | Applies to the Remains of a Vitrified Fort Situated on the Summit of the above Hill. the following is an extract from the New Statistical Account of the Ph [Parish] of Criech on the Subject. "On the Summit of the [Doune] or Hill of Criech, there is a Specimen of those very puzzling relics of Antiquity, the Vitrified forts, It is considered by persons conversant with these appearances as a good Specimen, and has been visited by Sir George MacKenzie and others." |
| DÙN CREICH (Remains of) | Dun Criech (Remains of) Dun Criech (Remains of) Dun Criech (Remains of) |
Capt. [Captain] B. MacKenzie. Criech Ho [House] New Statistical Account Criech Ph) [Parish] Revd [Reverend] Mr Joass, Golspie. |
111 | Applies to the Remains of an Ancient Castle Situated on the Summit of the Hill of Criech (Dun Criech) and within the boundaries of the Vitrified Fort described above, the Revd [Reverend] Mr Joass, Golspie has Kindly furnished the following information regarding it, "Built in 14th Century on Site of an Early Vitrified Fort, by Paul McTyre. grandson of a Norse Prince. and the "Rob Roy of the North". Married a daughter of the house of balnagowan, by whom he acquired in Ross-shire People of Caithness paid him blacK-mail" See Cron [Chronicles?] of the Erles of Ross" - also Early Hist. [History] of Tain' by Revd [Reverend] William Taylor /60 [1860] |
| DÙN CREICH (Remains of) 1-inch Revision oct. [October] 1894 | Dùn Creich | For authorities see page 93. & correspondence in front page |
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[Page] 97Sutherland -- Ph [Parish] of Criech
[Signed] William J. Murray
2nd CorplRE [2nd Corporal Royal Engineers]
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