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Carrick, an estate, with a mansion, in Eday island, Orkney. The estate was constituted a burgh of barony in the time of Charles I. The mansion, standing near the northern extremity of the island, opposite Calf, was the residence of Mr Fea, who in 1725 dexterously captured Gow, the ` Pirate ' of Scott's romance; and at it Malcolm Laing wrote much of his History of Scotland (2 vols., 1800).
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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| Feature Description: | "an estate, with a mansion" (ADL Feature Type: "land parcels") |
| Administrative units: | Orkney County |
| Place: | Carrick |
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