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Murkle Bay, a creek (4 x 2½ furl.) on the S side of Dunnet Bay, N Caithness, at the mutual border of Thurso and Olrig parishes, 4 miles ENE of Thurso town. It was formerly noted for its fisheries and its manufacture of kelp, and is capable of being rendered a safe retreat to vessels in distress, from tempests in the Pentland Firth. Murkle estate, lying around the bay, belongs to Sir Robert C. Sinclair, Bart. of Stevenston. The traditional scene of a victory over the Danes, it is said to have originally been called Morthill or 'the field of death.,-Ord. Sur., sh. 116, 1878.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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| Feature Description: | "a creek" (ADL Feature Type: "channels") |
| Administrative units: | Caithness ScoCnty |
| Place: | Murkle |
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