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Ordnance Survey - Caithness county, OS Name Books - Caithness county - Volume 3 - Parish of Dunnet, OS1/7/3

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Co [County] of Caithness -- Parish of Dunnet

[Faint note Courtfa' Loch] -- This name is pronounced Courtfa
but is written by the Tenants Courtfall in adressing
letters etc to each other but they seem very doubtful about the meaning of
termination etc. some think it is fa' the Scotch word for fall, others that
it is a Norse word, the meaning of which not known. The latter I
think is correct. The name Burifa which
applies to a hill near Dunnet Head
I think altogether foreign to the Scotch, and is very likely Norse The
[?] in these two names, doubtless, come from the Same source, and have one
[meaning?], Should they not all be written the Same way thus Burifa, & Courtfa, Coutfa
[is?] taken no notice of in the Rent Roll, and altho [although] it is by a few spelt Courtfall
[it] is by all, pronounced - Courtfa.

[Signed] Robert Kane Sapr R.E. [Sapper Royal Engineers]

Ordnance Survey - Caithness county, OS Name Books - Caithness county - Volume 3 - Parish of Dunnet, OS1/7/3

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

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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