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See also Rhys, Celtic Britain, p. 198.
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Flatey Book, vol. i, ch. 218.
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H.B., vol. i, p. 27.
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Haroldswick in Unst is said to have been called after King Harald. Tudor, O. and S., p. 570.
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Ekkjals-bakki is clearly Oykel's Bank, the high bank or ὄχθη ὑψηλή of Ptolemy. "Ochill" is the same word. As for Bakke, see Coldbackie and Hysbackie near Tongue.
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O.S., ch. 4, 5.
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The late Dr. Joass had identified the site of the burial mound. It is said to be Croc Skardie on the S.E. bank of the River Evelix, near Sidera. Skardi is a Norse word, and probably means a gap, or a twin-topped hillock, which it is.
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H.B., i., p. 28.
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See Skene's Chronicles of the Picts and Scots, pp. 8, 9 and lxxv, and Celtic Scotland, vol. i, 339, note.
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An able paper on this subject by the late Mr. R.L. Bremner was read to the Viking Society, and it is hoped may be printed. But Brunanburgh is usually located south of the Humber, or in the Wirral in Cheshire. See Scandinavian Britain, pp. 131-4 where it is located on the west coast, and on this coast it probably was.