Note about the placename elements 'peighinn' and 'i', November 1873
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW111/17
Scope and Contents
Note about the placename elements 'peighinn' [pennylands or pennies] and 'i' noting the number 'pennies' at Griminish, Peighin[n] Mhor, Scoplaig and Kilephead[air] [Peighinn Mhòr/Penmore, Griminis, Scolpaig, Cille Pheadair/Kilpheder, all Uibhist a Tuath/North Uist] and that 'I for I chal[uim]-chille Kill i Phead[air] Grim-i-nis Scolp-i-aig - all belong to I Chal[uim Chille].' Across the text is written in ink 'Transcribed into No I B[ook] p[age] 196 A. A. C. [Alexander Archibald Carmichael] Creagorry 8 October 1875.' [Creag Ghoraidh, Beinn na Faoghla/Benbecula]
Dates
- November 1873
Language of Materials
English Gaelic
Conditions Governing Access
This material is unrestricted.
Extent
From the Series: 93 folios ; 20.5 x 13.2 cm
Physical Location
5.07
Physical Location
folio 5v, line 6 to folio 5v, line 12
- Benbecula Inverness-shire Scotland
- Cille Pheadair North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland
- Creagorry Benbecula Inverness-shire Scotland
- Etymology
- Griminish North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland
- Iona Argyllshire Scotland
- North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland
- North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland
- Placenames
- Scolpaig 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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