Description of a view from the top of Beinn Rà, 10 July 1870
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW116/57
Scope and Contents
Description of a view from the top of Beinn Rà [Tarasaigh/Taransay] around sunset in the company of Ranald MacDonald describing amongst other aspects the sea as 'a sheet of clo[u]ds & glossy mist with the sun shin[in]g up on them in a most extra[ordinary] man[ner]' and the sun 'amber omar col[our] gold & silver - all speck speckled in in (sic) long streaks of sheer beaut[y] & sp[l]end[ou]r'. Carmichael mentions the view to Fincastle 'the seat of the noble E[arls] of Dunmore & let to Earl De Grey' as an 'oasis in the desert' noting its situation in relation to Loch Leosava, Loch Fimhaig or Miavaig and Lochbunauineatara [Amhuinnsuidhe Castle, Loch Leosavay, Loch Mhiabhaig, and Loch Bun Abhainn Eadarra all Na Hearadh/Isle of Harris].
Dates
- 10 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 15r, line 1 to folio 15r, line 19
- Amhuinnsuidhe Castle Isle of Harris Inverness-shire Scotland
- Carmichael, Alexander, 1832-1912 (Excise officer | folklorist and antiquarian | Edinburgh | Scotland)
- Geography
- Hills
- Landowners
- Loch Bun Abhainn Eadarra Isle of Harris Inverness-shire Scotland
- Loch Leosavay Isle of Harris Inverness-shire Scotland
- Loch Mhiabhaig Isle of Harris Inverness-shire Scotland
- Lochs
- MacDonald, Ranald, c1834-1913 (sheep farmer | Taransay | Inverness-shire | Scotland)
- Murray, George, Sir, 1762-1836 (5th Earl of Dunmore | proprietor of Isle of Harris | Inverness-shire)
- Placenames
- Robinson, George Frederick Samuel, Lord, 1827-1909 (1st Marquess of Ripon | Viscount Goderich | Earl de Grey and Ripon)
- Taransay Harris Inverness-shire Scotland
- 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)
Repository Details
Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository
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University of Edinburgh Main Library
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Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
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