[413]. Beruvik, probably the inlet at the mouth of the Berriedale water, on the north side of the Ord of Caithness, where there is an old tower called Berriedale Castle. (See note at p. [18].)
[414]. This was probably the castle which was destroyed by King William the Lion in the end of the twelfth century, when he sent his troops against Earl Harald “to Turseha,” and destroyed the Earl’s residence there.
[415]. This is evidently a mistake in the text for Rögnvaldsey, or South Ronaldsay. In the MS. the contraction R.ey is used both for Rínarsey and Rögnvaldsey.
[416]. Vidivag, the voe or creek of the beacon; now Widewall, in South Ronaldsay.
[417]. Bardvik, the bay beside Barth Head; now Burswick, in South Ronaldsay.
[418]. Strandhögg, strand-hewing, or victualling the ships of a viking squadron, by driving cattle to the shore, and killing them there.
[419]. Ru Stoer in Assynt, on the west coast of Sutherlandshire.
[420]. Walls, in the Island of Hoy, Orkney.
[421]. Knarston, at Scapa, in the Mainland of Orkney. (See note at p. [113].)
[422]. Paplay, in Mainland, where Hákon Karl, the brother of Earl Magnus the Holy, had his residence. (See p. [96].)