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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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GREENAKILDA | Greenakilda | Mr. John Forbes Schoolmaster Capt. [Captain] P.A. Calder Huip Mr. A. Learmonth New Millfield Stronsay | 092 | This name applies to a small knoll with a well situated in the centre It looks not unlike an ancient funeral Pile although it is not known as such in the neighbourahood, situated about 1/2 mile south of Huip Farm House |
MULLER TAING | Muller Taing | Mr. John Forbes Schoolmaster Capt. [Captain] P.A. Calder Huip Mr. A. Learmonth New Millfield Stronsay | 092 | This name applies to a small point on the south west end of Huip Ness It is partly a bed of shingle thrown up by the tides leaving only a narrow Channel for the waters of the Oyce of Huip to flow into Papa Sound. |
OYCE OF HUIP | Oyce of Huip | Mr. John Forbes Schoolmaster Capt. [Captain] P.A. Calder Huip Mr. A. Learmonth New Millfield Stronsay | 092 | This name applies to a bay situated about 200 yards south of Huip It is said to have been an old Danish Harbour and the reef in the channel immediately south of Muller Taing is said to have been where the threw out their ------- before entering the Harbour |
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Orkney Parish of StronsaySigned: James Boyle C/A
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