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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
RIVER BRORA River Brora Revd. [Reverend] John Murray. Free Church Manse Brora
Mr Baylay Schoolmaster Brora
Mr. William Turner Gordanbush Brora
Black's County map
088; 097 This name applies to a good Sized River famous for salmon and trout it has its source in the Mountains about two Miles West of Dalnessie and it runs in an Eastern direction for its whole length till it Enters the Moray Firth at Brora; It receives a great many tributaries on its Course the principal of which is the Black Water It Enters loch Brora West of Gordansbush and leaves it again About two Miles East of Gordansbush Loch Brora looks like an Expansion of the River as it is Very Irregular in form and in three places not wider than the River but opens out for about a fourth mile above & below these parts

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County of Sutherland -- 6 Inch Work Sheet 88 Trace 4 & 5 -- Parish of Clyne

River Brora [Note]
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