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Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DANISH FORT (Remains of) [Easter Rarichie] | Danish Fort (Remains of) | Rev. [Reverend] J. Swanson, F.C. [Free Church] Nigg Mr D. Gair, Lower Westfield Stat: [Statistical] Account Imp. [Imperial] Gazetteer |
055 | A detached hillocK, said to have been formerly a Danish fort, situate about half-a-mile S. [South] of Easter Rarichie. "It still bears evidence of its having been applied to some Warlike purpose: for round the top edge of it there appears something like the remains of a wall or rampart." Stat: [Statistical] Account. There are no traces of a wall on the top; but there are the remains of a small rampart- or what appears to have been an inner Camp. |
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Sheet 55 - Plan 11 -- Parish of Nigg -- County Ross.
Ordnance Survey - Ross and Cromarty county, OS Name Books - Ross and Cromarty county (Mainland) - Volume 26 - Parish of Nigg, OS1/28/26
This volume contains information on place names found in the parish of Nigg.
Ordnance Survey - Ross and Cromarty 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 Ross and Cromarty, which is in the north of Scotland. It was formed in 1891 by uniting the separate counties of Cromarty and Ross.
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