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TWELFTH REPORT
OF THE
ROYAL COMMISSION ON THE ANCIENT AND HISTORICAL MONUMENTS OF SCOTLAND

To The King's Most Excellent Majesty.

MAY IT PLEASE YOUR MAJESTY,-
We, Your Majesty's Commissioners, appointed to make an Inventory of the Ancient and Historical Monuments connected with or illustrative of the contemporary culture, civilisation and conditions of the life of the people in Scotland from the earliest times to the year 1707, and to specify those which seem most worthy of preservation, humbly present to Your Majesty this our Twelfth Report. The Inventory deals with the monuments and constructions in the counties of Orkney and Shetland, and appended to the Report is a list of those which, in our opinion, are most worthy of preservation.
We record with grateful respect the receipt of the gracious message which accompanied the acceptance by His Late Majesty King George V. of the volume embodying our Eleventh Report with Inventory of the Monuments in Fife, Kinross, and Clackmannan.
We desire to acknowledge the welcome assistance given us by owners and occupiers of historic buildings and sites in the area under review, and to express our special thanks to Mr. W.G. Grant of Trumland for valuable co-operation of many kinds in connection with the monuments of Rousay; to Mr. H. Marwick, O.B.E., M.A.,D. Litt., Kirkwall, for much local information and many useful suggestions and criticisms; to Mr. J. S. Richardson, one of Your Majesty's Inspectors of Ancient Monuments, and Professor V. Gordon Childe, D.Litt., D.Sc., F.S.A., for material contributed; to the Society of Antiquaries of Scotlandfor the use of blocks and other facilities; to Messrs. J.W. Cursiter, A.H. Bishop, J. Flett (Kirkwall), W. J. Hemp, F.S.A., B.S. Jamieson (Whalsay), H.E. Kilbride-Jones, J. Logan Mack, F.S.A., Star Photos (Perth), and J. Rattar (Lerwick), for permission to reproduce certain photographs; and to the following gentlemen, among others, for special help rendered in a variety of ways;- Sir Francis J. Grant, K.C.V.O., LL.D., Lord Lyon King of Arms; the Rev D.G.Barron, O.B.E., V.D., D.D.; Major B.H. Neven-Spence, M.D., M.P., of Uyea; Major H.H. Hebden, M.C., of Eday; Captain H.L. Norton Traill, F.R.G.S.; the late Rev. W. G. Carson, M.A., Fetlar; Messrs. J. S. Clouston, O.B.E., of Smoogroo; J.J.Duncan; A. J. H. Edwards; A. H. Ferguson, Nesting; J. Fraser; the late W. Laidlaw McDougall, Sumburgh; D.L. Macintyre, V.C., and the staff of Your

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