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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| CALDER BURN | Calder Burn | James Calder Swanson Esq Gerston Mr Benjamin Davidson Gerston Mr D. McKay. Halkirk |
017 | This burn flows out of Loch Calder - Its course, which is through the Calder District - is principally in a north easterly direction - and it joins the Thurso River near the Village of Halkirk The Course of this burn is wholly artificial - |
| HOUSLE CAIRN | Pictish House Housle Cairn |
James Calder Swanson Esq Gerston Mr Benjamin Davidson Gerston Mr D. McKay. Halkirk Estate Plan |
017 | About twenty years ago the Present Tenant of Gerston removed a great deal of Earth and stones from this cairn - in doing so several stone cists contain human remains were discovered, also bronze rings, iron spearheads - in the latter - the decayed wood still remained - and an earthenware dish of blue clay rudely made - There was also - over [Continued on page 76] |
| PICT'S HOUSE (Remains of) [Housle Cairn] | 017 | About twenty years ago the Present Tenant of Gerston removed a great deal of Earth and stones from this cairn - in doing so several stone cists contain human remains were discovered, also bronze rings, iron spearheads - in the latter - the decayed wood still remained - and an earthenware dish of blue clay rudely made - There was also - over [Continued on page 76] |
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| STONE CISTS CONTAINING HUMAN REMAINS, BRONZE RINGS, IRON SPEARHEADS AND POTTERY FOUND HERE [Housle Cairn] | 017 | About twenty years ago the Present Tenant of Gerston removed a great deal of Earth and stones from this cairn - in doing so several stone cists contain human remains were discovered, also bronze rings, iron spearheads - in the latter - the decayed wood still remained - and an earthenware dish of blue clay rudely made - There was also - over [Continued on page 76] |
Continued entries/extra info
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Parish of Halkirk -- County of Caithness
[signed] George Hobson C.A. [Civilian Assistant]
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.