Place-name and archaeological notes relating to Loisgcintir [Losgaintir/Luskentyre], 7 July 1870
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW116/2
Scope and Contents
Place-name and archaeological notes relating to Loisgcintir [Losgaintir/Luskentyre, Na Hearadh/Isle of Harris] made on a journey with Rev Donald MacKintosh, priest, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist and Mr Archie MacRae, Huisinis, Na Hearadh/Isle of Harris, observing a small old building on 'Tar'cul (cal?) Taigh Mhic Loaig [deleted]' noting that the place-name elements Lusk and Lisk are common in Scotland and in Denmark and how Mr Don[ald] MacRae remembers that when he was ten years old his ploughman found gold buttons at Losgaintir. The buttons had belonged to a woman connected to a daughter of 'MacLeod of Loscintir Alastair mac Uiliam mac ic Shir Tormaid. She had been a nurse [i]n the Roy[al] family' [the unclear handwriting makes it difficult to establish what the connection was]. Also note is that Sir Nor[man], a member of the Bear[nara]y [Beàrnaraigh/Berneray] family killed a trooper at Culloden.
Dates
- 7 July 1870
Language of Materials
Gaelic English
Conditions Governing Access
This material is unrestricted.
Extent
From the Series: 64 folios ; 19.5 x 23 cm
Physical Location
5.07
Physical Location
folio 1v, line 1 to folio 1v, line 13
- Archaeology
- Buildings
- Clothing and dress
- Culloden, Battle of | Scotland | 1746
- Denmark
- Gold
- Isle of Harris Inverness-shire Scotland
- Losgaintir Isle of Harris Inverness-shire Scotland
- MacKintosh, Donald, Rev, fl1870 (priest | South Uist | Inverness-shire)
- MacLeod (of Berneray)
- MacLeod, Norman, 1715-1803 (tacksman | 6th of Berneray)
- MacRae, Archibald, fl1870 (Huisinis | Isle of Harris | Inverness-shire)
- MacRae, Donald, fl1870 (Losgaintir | Isle of Harris | Inverness-shire | Scotland)
- Placenames
- Tales
- Tools
- Voyages and Travel
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
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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