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Notes on the use of Lios Mòr/Lismore for burials, September 1870

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW106/77

Scope and Contents

Notes on the use of Lios Mòr/Lismore, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire for burials, including that people would come from Inbhir Aora/Inveraray and the surrounding country to bury their dead, that Dun fraoin and Tor-an-aolaich, at the north end of Achnacrois were big burial sites [Dùn Fraoin, Tòrr an Aolaich and Achnacroish]. A man called Cheyne offended Roman Catholics by taking two cartloads of bones from Uamh Dhùn Fraoin to the Roman Catholic burial ground.

Dates

  • Creation: September 1870

Creator

Language of Materials

English Gaelic

Conditions Governing Access

This material is unrestricted.

Full Extent

From the Series: 117 folios ; 20 x 16.5 cm

Physical Location

5.07

Physical Location

folio 21r, line 4 to folio 21r, line 10

Repository Details

Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository

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