Duncansby

I, after his accession in 1034, created Earl of Caithness or Cat, probably about 1040, his father being possibly of the family of Moldan of Duncansby, whose sons Gritgard and Snaekolf, if we may believe the

Sutherland and Caithness in Saga-Time or, The Jarls and The Freskyns James Gray

Groa, to Duncan, Maormor of Duncansby in Caithness, the most ancient

Sutherland and Caithness in Saga-Time or, The Jarls and The Freskyns James Gray

Duncansby, of Moddan, created Earl of Caithness by his uncle Duncan I, and of Moddan "in Dale," each of whom in turn succeeded to much of the estates of the ancient Maormors of Duncansby, but whose people had been driven back from most of the best low-lying lands into the upper valleys and the hills by the foreign invaders of Cat.

Sutherland and Caithness in Saga-Time or, The Jarls and The Freskyns James Gray

Indeed during the life of that king, Thorfinn appears to have established himself at Duncansby in Caithness, on the shore of the

Sutherland and Caithness in Saga-Time or, The Jarls and The Freskyns James Gray

Duncansby, at which Kari Solmundarson is said in the _Saga of Burnt

Sutherland and Caithness in Saga-Time or, The Jarls and The Freskyns James Gray

Above all, conceive him taking the lover's leap -- say from Dunnet or Duncansby-head, where the rocks tower four hundred feet above the Pentland Firth, and floundering in the waters like an enormous whale; the herring shoals hurrying away from his unwieldy gambols, as from the presence of the real sea-born leviathan.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 359, March 7, 1829 Various

Then Earl Hundi fled, but they chased the fleers until they learnt that Malcolm was gathering a host at Duncansby.

The Story of Burnt Njal: the great Icelandic tribune, jurist, and counsellor Unknown

Other recent cut-offs have occurred near Arkansas City, below Greenville, near Duncansby, below

Scientific American Supplement, No. 810, July 11, 1891 Various

Duncansby in Scotland, kinsmen of Malcolm the Scot king.

The Story of Burnt Njal: the great Icelandic tribune, jurist, and counsellor Unknown

Duncan of Duncansby or Dungall of Dungallsby, as he is variously called, allowed part at least of his dominions to pass by marriage to the

Sutherland and Caithness in Saga-Time or, The Jarls and The Freskyns James Gray