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Ordnance Survey - Orkney county, OS Name Books - Orkney county - Volume 14 - Parish of Orphir, OS1/23/14

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Banequoy (continued) are great numbers of very diminutive clay pottery, Sling Stones, Arrow heads, and Small Stone hammers. In about the centre of the Spot the name applies to, was also found a beautiful well, built around with stone, and covered with a stone slab having a hole on its top long enough to admit a vessel the size of a tumbler. A great number of the things found can be seen at Smoogro House.
The property of Dr Charles Still Esqr. of Smoogro.

Ordnance Survey - Orkney county, OS Name Books - Orkney county - Volume 14 - Parish of Orphir, OS1/23/14

This volume contains information on place names found in the parish of Orphir.

Ordnance Survey - Orkney county

Ordnance Survey was established in the 18th century to create maps, surveys and associated records for the entirety of Great Britain. These records are arranged by county. This entry has been created to enable searching for Ordnance Survey records for the county of Orkney, which is in the north of Scotland.

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