On 13 February 2004 20:34, Fiona Pearson wrote: > While i'm here (!) - can anyone tell me the whereabouts of > Nabon/Nabbon in Firth? From census listings i'm guessing it's around > the > middle of the > Finstown to Kirkwall road, between "Rossmyre" and "Hardhill" (both > marked on my OS map). My Sinclairs lived there in 1871/81. Is it > still inhabited? Nabban is indeed between Rossmyre and Hardhill on the Old Finstown Road. Follow the road from Rossmyre towards Kirkwall and Nabban is at the first turn (left). It's on a notorious stretch of road that ices up badly in the winter. If memory serves correct there's a new (wooden) house there now, but the original is, I think, derelict. Don't quote me on that though ;o) -- Sigurd Towrie Blackhall - Kirbister - Stromness - Orkney Heritage of Orkney: www.orkneyjar.com Home: sigurd@orkneyjar.com Work: sigurd.towrie@orcadian.co.uk