Morrison, John, c1811-1888 (ground officer | Lingreabhagh | Isle of Harris)

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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael, 14 November 1873 to 10 April 1875

Series

Identifier: Coll-97/CW111

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Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael. Of the ninety-three folios in the notebook, only twenty-two have been used.

Dates: 14 November 1873 to 10 April 1875

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection

Story entitled 'Loch Utramal', March 1874

Item

Identifier: Coll-97/CW111/73

Scope and Contents Story entitled 'Loch Utramal' [Loch Udromuil Na Hearadh/Isle of Harris] collected from John Morrison, ground officer, describing it as a large lake near Airdsleave [Àird Shlèibhe] where his father told him that during hard frost thick ice on the loch was broken right through and a pathway made from shore to island noting that it 'must have been made by animal 40 y[ea]rs ago'. The story also tells how a woman saw a strange looking animal moving among her cattle one morning, the animal was...

Dates: March 1874

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael

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Subject: Cattle X

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Morrison, John, c1811-1888 (ground officer | Lingreabhagh | Isle of Harris)

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael, 14 November 1873 to 10 April 1875

Story entitled 'Loch Utramal', March 1874

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