Mine Howe most likely an antiquarian’s translation as mami is from O.N. malmr ‘metal ore’.
Presenting a 1946 RCAMS report on the trial excavations (in The Orkney Miscellany) Marwick gives Moan Howie as the local name, moan meaning ‘marsh’.
Mine Howe most likely an antiquarian’s translation as mami is from O.N. malmr ‘metal ore’.
Presenting a 1946 RCAMS report on the trial excavations (in The Orkney Miscellany) Marwick gives Moan Howie as the local name, moan meaning ‘marsh’.