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| Farne Island | Farne Island | Mr King, Agent N Sunderland | on Sheet | Farne or House island, is the largest of | ||
| Farne Island | Mr Darling, Longstone | 17.A | the group, it is of an irregular quadrang- | |||
| Farne Island | Mr Troth, Resident | -ular form, and at low water has an | ||||
| Farne Island | Admiralty Charts of 1789-1858- | area of about 16 acres most of which | ||||
| are almost entirely bare rock. In | ||||||
| the centre of the island there is good | ||||||
| pasture formerly supporting 12 sheep, | ||||||
| but at present there are no animals | ||||||
| kept excepting a pig or two, and a donkey. | ||||||
| The south and west sides of the isle | ||||||
| present precipitous cliffs of rudely | ||||||
| columnar basalt, rising black and | ||||||
| frowning to the height of about 50 feet, | ||||||
| sloping to the N.E. and the only | ||||||
| residents are the families of three light | ||||||
| i.e. besides | -keepers. Forby the dwellings of the | |||||
| lightkeepers, there are two lighthouses, | ||||||
| a tower, Chapel, boathouse, stable, | ||||||
| gardens &c Like the other islands, this one | ||||||
| belongs to the Dean and Chapter of Du | ||||||
| AMR |
Note: Signed in header by AM Roy (or AMcKay?)
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