Note relating to Duns around North Uist, c1872
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW90/75
Scope and Contents
Note relating to Duns around North Uist some having their location or appearance described. Duns mentioned are: Dun Du, Loch Hanndary [Dùn Dubh, Loch]; Dun-more Iollairy [Dùn Mòr Iolaraigh], Dun na holla Baileshear [Dùn na h-Òla, Baile Sear/Baleshare], Dun na Dise [Dùn na Dìse], Dun -a ghemhlich, Loch Una [Dùn a' Gheimlich, Loch Huna], Dun ban, Loch carsva [Dùn Bàn, Loch Carabhat], Dun Loch Hundary W[est] Lee [Dùn] [all Uibhist a Tuath/North Uist]. The note also mentions that three duns built on Baile Sear [Baleshare] were thought to have been built by Nin Mhic Dhonuil Larn [daughter of MacDougall of Lorn] who built Eaglais Chalum Chille on Sannd [St Columba's Chapel, Clachan Sannda] and how an Episcopal minister drowned at Dùn na Dìse.
Dates
- 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 33r, line 18 to folio 33v, line 6
- Archaeology
- Baile Sear North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland
- Baleshare North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland
- Clachan Sanda North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland
- Fortifications
- Geography
- Loch Carabhat North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland
- Loch Huna North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland
- Loch Sanndaraigh North Uist Inverness-shire Inverness-shire
- MacDougall (of Lorn)
- North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland
- North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland
- North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland
- North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland
- North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland
- North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland
- North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland
- St Columba's Chapel North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland
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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