I have found quite a useful Clan Map at the following URL: "http://www.cco.caltech.edu/~gatti/gabaldon/clanmap.html" With so many places mentioned in our discussion groups and with so much history revealed, a map can often bring things into focus. It certainly serves to explain why Lairds in Caithness would seek to support the Sinclairs (along with the better known local families, Budges, Clynes, Linklaters, Lyalls and Masons). Yours aye Iain