Note about the people of Rona, 15 December 1885
Scope and Contents
Note about the people of Rona [Rònaigh/North Rona] taken from John MacCulloch's The Highlands and Western Isles of Scotland that they are Roman Catholic, that each summer a boat is sent to Lewis [Eilean Leòdhais] to the Earl of Seaforth with 'the excresence of above thirty souls', something which the islanders 'exce[e]d[ingly] bewail'. Their annual payment to the Earl is 'some quantity of meal stitched up in sheeps skins and feathers of seafowls'. It is noted that they have no fuel but timber is regularly washed ashore 'by the special pro[vidence] of God'. The islanders have a chief who 'commands the rest'.
Dates
- Creation: 15 December 1885
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
This material is unrestricted.
Extent
From the Series: 1 notebook ; 17.5 x 10.8 cm
Physical Location
5.07
Physical Location
folio 85v, line 4 to folio 86r, line 8
Bibliography
Mackenzie of Tarbat, George, 'An Account of the Isles Hirta & Rona', Geographical Collections Relating to Scotland made by Walter MacFarlane Volume iii (Edinburgh, Scottish History Society, vol 53, 1908), p. 29.
Subject
- Macculloch, John, 1773-1835 (surgeon, geologist and surveyor) (Person)
- Mackenzie, George, 1630-1714 (Viscount Tarbat | 1st Earl of Cromarty) (Person)
- Mackenzie, Kenneth, 1661-1701 (4th Earl of Seaforth ) (Person)
- Sibbald, Robert, Sir, 1641-1722 (physician and antiquarian) (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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