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Odar (Lochlannach | Viking warrior | beheaded in North Uist)

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Story under the heading 'Roin' about Odar and an archaeological dig, c1875

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW112/27
Scope and Contents Story under the heading 'Roin' about Odar and an archaeological dig collected from Niell MacCuiein [Neil MacQuien or MacQueen], crofter and tailor, Middlequarter, North Uist [Ceathramh Meadhanach, Uibhist a Tuath]. The story tells how Odar requested that half of the Haisgeir [Theisgeir/Heisker/Monach Isles] seals should be buried with his head and the other half divided amongst the eight pennylands in Scolpeig and Chill a Pheadair [Scolpaig, Cille Pheadair/Kilpheder] noting that some of the...
Dates: c1875

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  • Subject: Cille Pheadair North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland X
  • Subject: Middlequarter North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland X