Sketches and notes on Clach a Fhradraic, 17 October 1873
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW114/80
Scope and Contents
Sketches and notes on 'Clach a Fhradraic on Beinne-na Sibhinn close to Loch Slitir on Tolastadh fo Thua' [Beinn Àirigh na Sibhinn/Beinn Airigh na Sivin, Tolstadh Bho Thuath, Eilean Leòdhais/Isle of Lewis]. The sketches show the rock from east north east and west south west and gives measurements of each side. It is described as gneiss resting on a 'flatish rock', and capable of moving about an inch at each end, and ship like. Some of the text is illegible.
Dates
- Creation: 17 October 1873
Language of Materials
Gaelic English
Conditions Governing Access
This material is unrestricted.
Extent
From the Series: 88 folios ; 16.6 x 19.8 cm
Physical Location
5.07
Physical Location
folio 89r, line 3 to folio 89v, line 2
- Beinn Airigh na Sivin Stornoway (parish) Isle of Lewis Ross and Cromarty Scotland
- Clach a Fhradhraic Stornoway (parish) Isle of Lewis Ross and Cromarty Scotland
- Geography
- Geology
- Isle of Lewis Ross and Cromarty Scotland
- Loch Slitear Stornoway (parish) Isle of Lewis Ross and Cromarty Scotland
- Placenames
- Tolstadh Bho Thuath Isle of Lewis Ross and Cromarty 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
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
heritagecollections@ed.ac.uk