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Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael, 1864 to

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW114

Scope and Contents Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael, noted as being 'Bought at St Columb, Cornwall, 30 Nov[ember] 1864 pr[ice] 2/3'. The back inside cover contains a note probably collected as part of excise duties which reads 'Rod[erick] MacPhie Mast of boat 21.8 [-] 1.2½ [-]'. The notebook contains one insertion. The majority of the notebook contains lore relating to Miùlaigh/Mingulay mostly collected from Roderick MacNeil, crofter, aged 88, known as Ruairidh an Rùma. Roderick MacNeil also...

Dates: 1864 to

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael, 15 July 1870 to 19 October 1871

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW116

Scope and Contents Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael, inscribed on the inside cover with 'Alexander A Carmichael Inland Revenue Lochmaddy N[orth] Uist 15/7 1870 Note Book No 8'. The majority of this notebook contains material collected on Tarasaigh/Taransay from the MacDonalds at Paible House, Mor or Marion MacQueen and Donald MacKinnon including notes on the island's archaeology, local history and geographical changes, with stories of how coastal erosion revealed burial sites and renditions of...

Dates: 15 July 1870 to 19 October 1871

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Note about a ridge and boulders near Lonan, 21 September 1884

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW120/238

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Note about a ridge and boulders near Lonan [Lonain, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire] including 'Lairig a fheoi' which is 'wher[e] Lonan begins at Barra Goillean [Barguillean]' and 'Ugh a gheoi' described as 'a boulder now'. Also noted are black stones in 'amair na h-aibhne' [the river bed] and on the side of the river at Clacha Dubha [Clachadow].

Dates: 21 September 1884

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Note about geometrically proportioned stones in Appin, 1883

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW120/175

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Note probably collected from Donald MacColl, foxhunter, Glencreran, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire, about geometrically proportioned stones found on Beinn Aulay [Beinn Fhionnlaidh], Glencreran, Beinn Starbh, on the south of Locheite [Ben Starv, Loch Èite/Loch Etive], and on Scurra Chòis [Sgorr a' Choise] [all Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire].

Dates: 1883

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Note about Mol-garbh, 8 July 1870

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW116/35

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Note about Mol-garbh [Mol Garbh, Tarasaigh/Taransay] describing it as a 'remarkable inst[ance] of the pow[er] of the waves in heap[ing] up a beach' and comparing the height of the beach with the mol on the isthmus.

Dates: 8 July 1870

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Note about Sorchan a Ghille Hirstich and accompanying vocabulary note, 8 July 1870

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW116/34

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Note about Sorchan a Ghille Hirstich [Sorachan a' Ghille Hiortaich] describing it as a big stone halfway between Paible and Aoi [Paibeil and Uidh, Tarasaigh/Taransay] with a comfortable seat in the back of it. The accompanying vocabulary note reads 'Eiteag. Eiteag na beinne = Spar rock'.

Dates: 8 July 1870

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Note about stones thrown to and from Isle of Barra, September 1872

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW90/150

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Note about stones thrown to and from Isle of Barra [Barraigh] which reads 'The mark fr[om] which stone Clach mhor nan Gleannan. Another thrown fr[om] Barra to Kilbrid[e]'.

Dates: September 1872

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Notes about Gill odhar, September 1870

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW106/69

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Notes probably collected from John Black, aged eighty-six, Killean, Lios Mòr/Lismore, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire about Gill odhar [Clach Gille Odhar] that it was the only place where there was an echo but that it was now broken. He also describes metal archaeological finds he found while making a drain at Aoine Port an Daimh in Achadun.

Dates: September 1870

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Notes on deserted houses, archaeological sites and the geography of Tarasaigh/Taransay with accompanying sketch, 9 July 1870

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW116/36

Scope and Contents Notes on deserted houses, archaeological sites and the geography of Tarasaigh/Taransay, describing the houses at Aoi [Uidh] which had been left by families who moved to Paible [Paibeil] including 'a nice box of a house in front with one chim[ney] & plastered' and their situation as being in a 'beautiful spot'. The accompanying sketch is of Clach an Teampuill which is on Croc an Teampuill [Cnoc an Teampuill] and noted are its dimensions, that it is made of grey granite and that its...

Dates: 9 July 1870

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Story about a footmarked rock on the Isle of Barra, 24 September 1872

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW90/110

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Story about a footmarked rock on the Isle of Barra [Barraigh] which says that it was creating from a leaping competition between Mac De [Jesus Christ] and the Donas [Devil]. Mac De won and hence the well near where his footmark landed is called 'Tobar na Buai[dh]'. Donas' footmark is described as 'splayed & ugly' while Mac De's is 'shapely & attractive'.

Dates: 24 September 1872

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael, 1864 to

Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael, 15 July 1870 to 19 October 1871

Note about a ridge and boulders near Lonan, 21 September 1884

Note about geometrically proportioned stones in Appin, 1883

Note about Mol-garbh, 8 July 1870

Note about Sorchan a Ghille Hirstich and accompanying vocabulary note, 8 July 1870

Note about stones thrown to and from Isle of Barra, September 1872

Notes about Gill odhar, September 1870

Notes on deserted houses, archaeological sites and the geography of Tarasaigh/Taransay with accompanying sketch, 9 July 1870

Story about a footmarked rock on the Isle of Barra, 24 September 1872

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