Volume contents
- 1 - Shetland volume 8 , page 1 (start)
- 10 - Shetland volume 8 , page 10
- 20 - Shetland volume 8 , page 20
- 30 - Shetland volume 8 , page 30
- 40 - Shetland volume 8 , page 40
- 50 - Shetland volume 8 , page 50
- 60 - Shetland volume 8 , page 60
- 70 - Shetland volume 8 , page 70
- 80 - Shetland volume 8 , page 80
- 89 - Shetland volume 8 , page 89 (end)
- 91 - Shetland volume 8 , list of proprietors
- 92 - Shetland volume 8 , title page
- 93 - Shetland volume 8 , index
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| Brough of Mousa {Continued] | 063. | [continued from page] 88 The sound edifice attains the height of 42 feet, bulging out below and tapering off towards the top, where it is again cast out from its lesser diameter, like a dice box. So as to prevent its being scaled from without. " Andersons Guide to the Highlands") "On the right is the low-lying and comparatively flat pastoral island of Mousa, upwards of a mile in length. Formerly inhabited, it is now used only as a grazing isle; but yet it lays Claim to national importance, as being the site of the most perfect Pictish Castle or burgh extant The towers is circular in form, about fifty feet in diameter and attains a height of fifty-two feet. It is built of a sort of slatey stones of considerable and partly uniform size well laid together without the air of Cement. In elevation it resembles a dice-box. (Corries Shetland and its inhabitants") The east end of Mousa is a low overhanging Cliff named the Bard of Mousa, with several triangular stacks lying at its base; by this feature the island may readily be known when sighting it in thick weather. An ancient pcitish Towers stands on a low point on the west side of the island. ("North Sea Pilot. |
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Parish of Sandwick -- County of Shetland
Ordnance Survey - Shetland county, OS Name Books - Shetland county - Volume 8 - Parishes of Sandwick and Burra, OS1/31/8
This volume contains information on place names found in the parishes of Sandwick, and Burra.
Ordnance Survey - Shetland 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 Shetland, which is in the north of Scotland.