Placename and vocabulary note for Port nan Lunn, 7 August 1886
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW122/4
Scope and Contents
Placename and vocabulary note collected from Duncan Cameron, police officer, Tobar Mhoire/Tobermory, Muile/Isle of Mull, for Port nan Lunn which reads 'Port nan Lunn Baile iocrach Maoisnish (Lunn) = waves) The foam Great accumull [accumulation] of foam here - flying like sea gulls.' [Port nan Lunn, Maoisnish, Baile Iochdrach location possibly Gomastra/Isle of Gometra]. Text has been scored through in ink as if transcribed elsewhere.
Dates
- Creation: 7 August 1886
Language of Materials
Gaelic,English
Conditions Governing Access
This material is unrestricted.
Extent
From the Series: 39 folios ; 13 x 19.7 cm
Physical Location
5.07
Physical Location
folio 2r, line 15 to folio 2r, line 18
- Argyllshire Scotland
- Etymology
- Isle of Gometra Argyllshire Scotland
- Isle of Gometra Argyllshire Scotland
- Isle of Mull Argyllshire Scotland
- Language
- Maoisnish Isle of Gometra Argyllshire Scotland
- Placenames
- Port nan Lunn Isle of Gometra Argyllshire Scotland
- Seawater
- Tobermory Kilninian and Kilmore (parish) Isle of Mull Argyllshire Scotland
Subject
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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