Note about duns in Harris and on the placename 'Piocair', c1872
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW90/60
Scope and Contents
Note about duns in Harris [Na Hearadh] and on the placename 'Piocair'. Duns listed include Dun-nise Gall at Cairminnis in Strand [Dùn Innisgall, Cairminis, Srannda/Strond], Dun Lochann duin, Scalpey [Dùn Loch an Duin, Scalpaigh/Scalpay] and Clach a Phiocair, 'one of the stones of the dun on Loch Steisevad' [Clach a' Phiocair, Loch Steisebhat]. Carmichael notes there is a dun north of Rodal [Roghadal/Rodel] and that Donl Macmillan [Donald MacMillan] there can show him the Picts' house at N[orth] Aoi.
Dates
- Creation: c1872
Language of Materials
Gaelic,English
Conditions Governing Access
This material is unrestricted.
Extent
From the Series: 72 folios ; 12.7 x 20 cm
Physical Location
5.07
Physical Location
folio 22v, line 21 to folio 23r, line 8
- Archaeology
- Cairminis Isle of Harris Inverness-shire Scotland
- Dwellings
- Fortifications
- Geography
- Isle of Harris Inverness-shire Scotland
- Isle of Harris Inverness-shire Scotland
- Placenames
- Rodel Isle of Harris Inverness-shire Scotland
- Scalpay Harris (parish) Inverness-shire Scotland
- Scalpay Harris Inverness-shire Scotland
- Srannda Isle of Harris Inverness-shire Scotland
Subject
Creator
- From the Fonds: Carmichael, Alexander, 1832-1912 (Excise officer | folklorist and antiquarian | Edinburgh | Scotland) (Person)
- From the Fonds: Watson, William John, 1865-1948 (Professor of Celtic) (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository
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Centre for Research Collections
University of Edinburgh Main Library
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Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
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