Sir Hugh's Seat

• Reference:GB 241 D1/374
• Dates of Creation:1900
• Name of Creator:
  Ordnance Survey, 1791-
• Language of Material:English
• Physical Description:
  0.01 Linear Metres

• Scope and Content

  Letter from G.F.A. Whitlock, Ordnance Survey Office, York, to William J. Heddie, Kirkwall, concerning information gathered in 1879 regarding Sir Hugh's Seat, 1900

• Administrative / Biographical History

  Sir Hugh's Seat in Orkney is allegedly where a rebel of that name around the time of the 1715 Jacobite rebellion would look out for the King's ships in Scapa Bay

• Access Information

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