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Ordnance Survey - Caithness county, OS Name Books - Caithness county - Volume 10 - Parishes of Halkirk, Reay and Thurso, OS1/7/10

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County Caithness -- Parishes Reay Hallkirk and & Thurso Detd. [Detached]

[Note Allt na h-Imriche] -- Flitting Stream
[Note Allt nan Sac] -- Bags' or Sacks' Streamlet
[Note Uir Loch Tuim Ghlais] -- Stream of Grey hill Lake
[Faint Note Loch Tuim Ghlais] -- I cannot find this
word in the Dictionary
I have therefore Spelt it
as near the pronounciation
as possible - Uir or
perhaps better still, Ooir.
It is pronounced similar to the Gaelic word Uair
signifying - hour


[Signed] George Rose C.A. [Civilian Assistant]

Ordnance Survey - Caithness county, OS Name Books - Caithness county - Volume 10 - Parishes of Halkirk, Reay and Thurso, OS1/7/10

This volume contains information on place names found in the parishes of Halkirk, Reay, and Thurso.

Ordnance Survey - Caithness 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 Caithness, which is in the north of Scotland.

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