Notes on deserted houses, archaeological sites and the geography of Tarasaigh/Taransay with accompanying sketch, 9 July 1870
Scope and Contents
Notes on deserted houses, archaeological sites and the geography of Tarasaigh/Taransay, describing the houses at Aoi [Uidh] which had been left by families who moved to Paible [Paibeil] including 'a nice box of a house in front with one chim[ney] & plastered' and their situation as being in a 'beautiful spot'. The accompanying sketch is of Clach an Teampuill which is on Croc an Teampuill [Cnoc an Teampuill] and noted are its dimensions, that it is made of grey granite and that its situation is evidently that of a former chapel. Carmichael notes that Uidh is covered by the sea at high tide and the situation of Siatar [Sheadar] which has 'a small knoll half of which is down with the tide wi[th] a tunga [tomb] big stones fal[len] & on up half full of pebbles'. Written transversely over the text is 'See paper in Geographical Magazine for Aug[ust] 1886'.
Dates
- Creation: 9 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 8r, line 1 to folio 8r, line 23
- Beaches
- Church Buildings
- Clach an Teampuill Taransay Inverness-shire Scotland
- Cnoc an Teampuill Taransay Inverness-shire Scotland
- Coasts
- Geography
- Geology
- Houses
- Paibeil Taransay Inverness-shire Scotland
- Placenames
- Rocks
- Rural population
- Sand
- Sheadar Taransay Inverness-shire Scotland
- Stones
- Taransay Harris Inverness-shire Scotland
- Taransay Inverness-shire Scotland
- Uidh Taransay 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)
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