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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
ASHY GOE Ashygoe David Brotchie The Ness - Dunnet
John Moor, Brough
William Calder, Dunnet
001 A very large Goe with steep and precipitous sides tow or three hundred feet in height - The name of this Goe is usually written in one word -
BRIGA HEAD Briga Head David Brotchie The Ness - Dunnet
John Moor, Brough
William Calder, Dunnet
001 This can scarcely be called a head - but from the sea it is very prominent Especially at low water when the foreshore is visible - it forms one of the principal landmarks on the coast for seamen
BLACK GOES Black Goes David Brotchie The Ness - Dunnet
John Moor, Brough
William Calder, Dunnet
001 Two small Goes or rather fisures in the cliff a few chains north of Briga Head -

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