Notes relating to Taransay, 7 July 1870
Scope and Contents
Notes relating to Tarasaigh/Taransay including that Norman MacLeod mac Calum is a 'good story and Oss[ian] reciter' registered on Taransay's poor roll but living in Steòrnabhagh/Stornoway [Eilean Leòdhais/Isle of Lewis], listing a number of sites of possible archaeological interest such as Aird-nan-Ceallc, Tobar Chè, Cladh Chè and Cladh Charain, noting that Cè was a Tighearna [Lord] but Caran an unknown. He also notes that Uamh mhic Cailein or Ailein [Uamh Mhic Ailein] is about ten yeards long, that Tai mhic Loisg [Taigh mhic Loisg] is a round building and that the small island of Iosai [Iosaigh] has 'some hardly traceable ruins'.
Dates
- Creation: 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 2r, line 2 to folio 2r, line 10
- Archaeology
- Cemeteries
- Cladh Tharain Taransay Inverness-shire Scotland
- Dwellings
- Geography
- Placenames
- Ruins
- Taransay Inverness-shire Scotland
- Taransay Inverness-shire Scotland
- Taransay Inverness-shire Scotland
- Taransay Inverness-shire Scotland
- Teampull Tharain Taransay Inverness-shire Scotland
- Uamh Mhic Ailein Taransay Inverness-shire Scotland
- Wells
Subject
- Keith, Saint (Person)
- Tarran, Saint (saint) (Person)
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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