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MacDonald, Donald, c1825- (Taransay | Inverness-shire | Scotland)

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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Note about a bronze brooch and pin found on Tarasaigh/Taransay, 10 July 1870

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW116/51
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Note about a bronze brooch and pin found on Tarasaigh/Taransay by Mr Don[ald] MacDonald and given to Capt[ain] Thomas and deposited in the Antiquarian Museum in Edinburgh 'for which the late Mr [-] MacDonald Taransay got a letter of thanks from the Curators'.

Dates: 10 July 1870

Story and notes about burials and archaeological finds on Tarasaigh/Taransay, 8 July 1870

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW116/12
Scope and Contents Story and notes about burials and archaeological finds on Tarasaigh/Taransay telling how a large, thick skull with a piece cut out of the back of it as if by a sword was seen at Teamp[ull] Charrain or Tharrain [Teampull Tharain/St Tarran's Chapel]. He describes the skull and a large skeleton found near it. He records how men and women were buried separately, the men at Teampull Tharrain and the women at Teamp[ull] Che [Teampull Chè] although the two places are fifty yards apart. The story...
Dates: 8 July 1870

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Brooches 1
Cemeteries 1
Cladh Tharain Taransay Inverness-shire Scotland 1
Customs 1
Edinburgh -- Scotland 1