Re: Shurery

["Richard Lower" <coqnord@goldstate.net>]

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From: Sinclair <sinclair@globalnet.co.uk>
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Date: Saturday, July 18, 1998 7:36 AM
Subject: Re: Shurery


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>Richard Lower wrote:
>>
>> Attention Toni, Sandy, John or others who may know about Shurery,
>> Scotland.
>>
>> Can you please tell me where it is - I have gone blind peering at my
>> 1896 Ordnance Survey map and worn out the Search Engines to no avail.
>> I see a suggestion that it may be in the vicinity of Dunbeath and
>> Stemster, but don't see it there.  I think my Sinclairs in the Loch
>> Watten region may have one line in the Shurery area, but want to check
>> it out some more before buying the book from Rory.
>>
>> Appreciate your assistance.   Ray Lower
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> The correct spelling of the placename is Shurrery and it can be found
>on a good map of Caithness, branching off the inland road between Reay
>and Thurso.  It is about 3 miles south of Shebster down an unclassified
>road.
>
>There used to be a village nearby at Brubster with a school and there
>was a crofting community with church and manse at Shurrery. Now nearly
>all the crofts are empty and derlict. There is a shooting lodge at
>Shurrery but I do not know if it is still in use.
>
>The water from Loch Shurrery was used to supply the water for the Atomic
>Energy plant at Dounreay.
>
>Hope you find this helpful.
>
>Rose Sinclair
>
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>Thank you Toni and Rose for pointing out Shurrery to me.  I must have been
so sure it was closer to Wick that my eyes gave up when I couldn't  locate
it more quickly.  I have had the proscribed two replacement lenses but the
old orbs still complain after a session with the map-reading magnifier.  Mom
told me this geneology business was not for sissies

Ray Lower

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