I am looking for maps of Caithness hoping to find names of old and abandoned communities.
Any suggestions towards locating maps with old names and the names of the communities today would be much appreciated!
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Thread: Map of Caithness
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27-09-2007, 10:22 AM #1Stephen M. KohlerGuest
Map of Caithness
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27-09-2007, 6:22 PM #2
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https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/#Counties
I always refer to this for starters when looking for places.Chasing Caseys
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29-09-2007, 9:16 AM #3KingetterGuest
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29-09-2007, 10:54 AM #4Stephen M. KohlerGuest
Tracey, Kingetter, Thank you for responses and offers. Tracey's link led to wonderful discoveries. I read an account about the son of an Anglo-Norman/Scot earl. He drove the wild boars out of a hamlet in Caithness. His father persuaded him to build a castle and guard the coast. The castle was named in the earl's native tongue and called Schweinsburgh. The son took the name Schweinsburgher as his name. There are many varients of the name today to include Swan, Swaney, and Swansburgh. There's mention that Swansburgs rallied under the King of Sweden with the Scottish Highlanders during the Thrity Years War. Does anyone know the Anglo-Norman name for Castle Swiney?
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29-09-2007, 11:45 AM #5KingetterGuest
I can tell you that Castle Swiney is located by Lybster, Caithness.
James.
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29-09-2007, 12:11 PM #6Shirl896Guest
Hi there are a few maps of Caithness on the following site:
https://www.caithness.org/links/maps/
Hope this helps and works - this is my first message on B-G Forms
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26-11-2008, 10:50 AM #7Stephen M. KohlerGuest
Shirl896,
Thank you!
They are beautiful maps and most helpful in research.
Are you in Caithness or Sutherland Now?
/R
Stephen
Washington, DC
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26-11-2008, 10:57 AM #8
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27-11-2008, 10:05 AM #9Shirl896Guest
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27-11-2008, 8:03 PM #10Inez ReedGuest
Ordnance Gazeteer of Scotland
There's also a verbal description of the historic property (Castle Swin):
books.google.ca/books?id=eg9KAAAAMAAJ...
Inez
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