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JOHN

This article appears in Volume V15, Page 460 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: JEE-JUN
JOHN 0' GROAT'S
HOUSE
 , a spot on the north
coast
  of Caithness,
Scotland
 , 14 M. N. of Wick and 14 m. W. of Duncansby Head. It is the mythical site of an octagonal
house
  said to have been erected early in the 16th century by one John Groot, a Dutchman who had migrated to the north of
Scotland
  by per-mission of James IV. According to the legend, other members of the Groot family followed John, and acquired lands around Duncansby. When there were eight Groot families, disputes began to arise as to precedence at annual feasts. These squabbles John Groot is said to have settled by building an octagonal house which had eight entrances and eight tables, so that the head of each family could enter by his own
door
  and sit at the head of his own table. Being but a few miles
south
  of Dunnet Head, John o' Groat's is a colloquial
term
  for the most northerly point of Scotland. The site of the traditional building is marked by an outline traced in
turf
 . Descendants of the Groot family, now Groat, still live in the neighbourhood. The cowry-shell, Cypraea europaea, is locally known as " John o' Groat's bucky."


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