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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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PICTISH TOWER (Remains of) [Kilbrare] | Pictish Tower (Remains of) Pictish Tower (Remains of) Pictish Tower (Remains of) |
Rev [Reverend] John Murray Mr William Sutherland Mr William Turner |
097 | Applied to what appears to have been a stronghold of some sort in former days but unlike the other Towers in the Neighbourhood which were Constructed of Stone, this one appears to have been Constructed solely of earth, it is Circular in form, its diameter upon the top is about thirty yards & its base is about fifty yards in diameter. Its height above the General Surface is about Thirty feet and the slope from top to bottom is at an angle of about thirty degrees. there is a small enclosure upon the top which is Cultivated as a Vegetable Garden by the inhabitants of Kilbrare. His Grace the Duke of Sutherland proprietor. |
BROUGH [Kilbrare] | Archaeologia Scotica Vol. [Volume] V part 1 p. [page] 109 | 097 | ||
MEALL A' CHAORUINN | Meall a' Chaoruinn Meall a' Chaoruinn Meall a' Chaoruinn |
Mr Thomas McDonald, Golspie (late head Keeper) Mr Andrew Sutherland, Doll Mr John Polson Shd [ ] Rillen |
097 | 1- inch Revision October 1894 |
MEALL CUAIRTE | Meall Cuairte Meall Cuairte Meall Cuairte Meall Cuairte |
Rev [Reverend] John Murray Mr William Sutherland Mr Donald Gilchrist Mr William Turner |
097 | Applied to an isolated hill about 1800 feet high & situated about one half mile to the Southwest of Kilbrare Hill it is Covered heathy pasture and it signifies the Hill of the mountain [son?]. His Grace the Duke of Sutherland proprietor. |
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[Page] 7County of Sutherland
Parish of Clyne
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