Notes on Caisteal a Mhorair or Bhorain, Bagh-Ghearadh, Tolasta, 17 October 1873
Scope and Contents
Notes on Caisteal a Mhorair or Bhorain, Bagh-Ghearadh, Tolasta [Tràigh Ghearadha, Tolstadh Bho Thuath, Eilean Leòdhais/Isle of Lewis] that it is a detached rock about one hundred feet high on which there are the remains of a house. A 'rocky dangerous path goes up on one side' and it 'Stands out ab[ou]t 60 y[ar]ds fr[om] precipce on southside' with the walls of the ruins following the edge of the rock making it 'Impreg[nable] except to guns'. He adds that a Lewis proprietor sent his wife there and kept her there.
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 89v, line 17 to folio 90r, line 6
- Archaeology
- Caisteal a Stornoway (parish) Isle of Lewis Ross and Cromarty Scotland
- Fortifications
- Geography
- Imprisonment
- Isle of Lewis Ross and Cromarty Scotland
- Marriage
- Placenames
- Stornoway (parish) Isle of Lewis Ross and Cromarty Scotland
- Tales
- 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)
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