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Ordnance Survey - Caithness county, OS Name Books - Caithness county - Volume 2 - Parish of Canisbay, including the island of Stroma, OS1/7/2

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Parish of Canisbay -- County of Caithness

[Note] --John O' Groats House, a quondam famous domicile, in the
parish of Canisbay, on the flat downy shore of the Pentland
firth, about 1 1/2 mile west of Duncansbay-head in Caithness
-shire. Not a fragment of the building remains, except a few
of the lower stones of the foundation, or, if Dr [Doctor] Mac-culloch is
to be credited, not even that but only "a piece of green turf, as
flat and as bare as the bacK of ones hand." John O' Groat's
house is said to have been founded under the following cir-
-cumstances:- During the reign of James IV. a Lowlander
of the name of Groat - or according to some versions of the
legend, a Dutchman of the name of John de Groot - along
with his brother, arrived in Caithness, bearing a letter from
the King, which recommended them to the gentlemen of
the County. They procured land at this remote spot,
Settled, and became the founders of families."
(See other name Sheet)
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Ordnance Survey - Caithness county, OS Name Books - Caithness county - Volume 2 - Parish of Canisbay, including the island of Stroma, OS1/7/2

This volume contains information on place names found in the parish of Canisbay, including the island of Stroma.

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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