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Ordnance Survey - Caithness county, OS Name Books - Caithness county - Volume 4 - Parishes of Halkirk and Thurso, OS1/7/4

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[page] 130
County of Caithness -- Parish of Thurso Detd [Detached]

CHAPEL (Remains of) [Dorrery] [note]
I have just learned from A. MacKay
Cnoc Glas that two gentlemen,
strangers, who had come to
examine the Chapel some years
ago. Called it Gavens Temple,
but he can give me no information
as to who they were, perhaps
this Gaven may have been the founder.

[Faint note Chapel and Burial Ground] -- very meagre & incomplete
descriptions of objects of antiquity
[initialled] W P

Standing Stones [Diagram/drawing of Stones 1 & 2 included on page with dimensions] --
[Stone 1] -- [Height] 5 ft [feet] 8 in [inches]; [Width] 3 ft [feet]; [Depth] 15 in [inches]
[Stone 2] -- [Height] 3 ft [feet]; [Width] 3 ft [feet] 6 in [inches]; [Depth] 3 1/2 in [inches]

Ordnance Survey - Caithness county, OS Name Books - Caithness county - Volume 4 - Parishes of Halkirk and Thurso, OS1/7/4

This volume contains information on place names found in the parishes of Halkirk 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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