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Ordnance Survey - Caithness county, OS Name Books - Caithness county - Volume 9 - Parish of Reay, OS1/7/9

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[Page] 103
Ph [Parish] of Reay -- Co [County] of Caithness

[Note Broubster Cottage] 2nd

[Notes Clais an Fearchair] Farqahar's Hollow

[to be written] for
reference

The letter F always aspirated
after the genitive mas. [masculine] An
of the Article.

"Tradition states that, at the time when the Danes overran these northern parts,
a son of a Danish prince, named Alluva, was slain, and interred at a
place in Strathalladale, called after his name Dalalluva, and that
another Danish prince named Farquhar, was interred at Brubster,
in a place to this day demoninated Clashua Farquhar"
vide new Stat. Acct [Statistical Account]

Ordnance Survey - Caithness county, OS Name Books - Caithness county - Volume 9 - Parish of Reay, OS1/7/9

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

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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