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Note about torran an tiodhlacaidh [infants' burial ground], September 1909

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW117/124

Scope and Contents

Note about torran an tiodhlacaidh [infants' burial ground] where still born unbaptised children are buried. The note states that the one at Alligin Shuas is a bracken knoll in a field at Bràigh Beag and that there are several in the district including one at Diabagan and one at Shieldeag [Wester Alligin, Braebeg, Diabaig and Sìldeag/Shieldaig, all Ros is Cromba/Ross and Cromarty]. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.

Dates

  • Creation: September 1909

Language of Materials

Gaelic,English

Conditions Governing Access

This material is unrestricted.

Extent

From the Series: 39 folios ; 20.2 x 16.5 cm

Physical Location

5.07

Physical Location

folio 31v, line 3 to folio 31v, line 10

Bibliography

MacDonald, Murdoch, Old Torridon: Notes on the History of Torridon (Evanton, 1997), pp. 91-92

Repository Details

Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository

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