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Raasay Text Summary
Raasay Principal Sources RMS VI (453) 1596 RMS VII (298) 1610 on original dated 1609 RMS IX (654) 1637 on original dated 1636 RSS I (675) 1501 (Snizort, Raasay & Waternish) RSS I (1532) 1507 RSS I…
Raasay Table
Raasay & Rona Name Value Date Grid Ref Map Sources Other forms, comments etc Clachan 1596 NG 5436 RHP 1308 Kirkton in RHP 1308. Oskaig 1596 NG 5438 RHP 1308 Holoman Island NG 5440…
Sutherland Summary Text
Sutherland – General Sources & Conclusions General Sources I have listed the more important sources within the parishes they refer to. Here I give some general sources. RMS II (148, 149) 1429-30, (2506) 1499 RMS III (475,…
Sutherland Summary Table
Sutherland: Summary Table Parish/Area Davachs Merks(OE) Ratio d:m Pennylands 6d = 1 davach Place-name evidence/Comments Dornoch 35 Yes Yes Davochfin, Leadoch, Fourpenny Golspie 25 Yes Yes Clyne 21 Yes Yes Loch Dabhaich,…
Geography of Sutherland
The geography of Sutherland This text file provides an overview of the changing geography of Sutherland. It quotes extensively from: A Genealogical History of the Earldom of Sutherland, from its origin to the year 1630; written by Sir Robert…
Tongue Text
Tongue (or Kintail) Principal Sources OSA Vol 3 No 72 RMS III (3215) 1545-6 RMS IV (1635, 1669) 1565 RSS II (624) 1530 RSS III (1570) 1545-6 RSS IV (1371-2, 1375) 1551, (3060) 1555 RSS V…
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