This brown leather notebook contains Lyell's notes on Scottish geology, primarily near Kinnordy. Notes discuss geological formation of the Strath at Kinnordy, moraines that descend from the Grampians, and evidence of glacier activity. Notes are mostly pencil field notes and some sketches, occasional ink. The covers are blank and the index is on pp. 113-117.

The following table of contents is Lyell's own words, copied from Lyell's own "Index", found at the beginning and end of the notebook, transcribed from digital surrogates using the platform Transkribus. When known, Lyell's abbreviations and contractions have been expanded using brackets []. When writing is unclear, and transcription is not possible, this is denoted using [...]. Quotation marks are Lyell's own notation for ditto, as is the abbreviation "d'o". The inclusion of [sic] indicates the misspelling of a word is deliberate and taken from the notebook.

No. 84, Oct 12th to 19th 1840
Index
p. 1,2, Moraines of the Grampians, proofs of the glacier origin of,
p. 3, Carity, R. moraines of, p. 4, [Carity] Proson + Esk section of,
p. 6, [Carity] Ridge on r. bank of,
p. 110, [Carity] section near Bridge on,
p. 3,4,6, Auchleishie Hill
p. 6, Medial moraine of Proson + S. Esk
p. 6, Esk, boulders
p. 4, [Esk], Proson + Carity, section of,
p. 10, Dike Head, large boulders
p. 10, Cullen farm, moraine on,
p. 4, Proson, Esk + Carity, section of,
p. 6, [Proson] medial moraine of,
p. 12, Glenairn, cross ridge of,
p. 12, Knappey Ley range,
p. 16, Hough of Water Esk
p. 18, Lethuot boulders
p. 22, [Lethuot] barrier
p. 24, [Lethuot] country below may have been denuded
p. 18, W. Esk flat
p. 18, Tarrybuckle
p. 20, Wrottal moraine transverse to course of the Esk
p. 24, [Wrottal] Bank farm,
p. 22, Wrottal + Clava valleys, pits + hollows at junction of,
p. 16,24, Gelly on Gallow Bridge
p. 20, Land locked swamps
p. 26, Kirkton, view from
p. 28,64, [Kirkton] of Clova, moraines
p. 28,64, Clova moraines
p. 28, [Clova] mains of,
p. 22, [Clova] pits + hollows at junct[ion]
of Wrottal valley with
p. 26, Inchdowrie
p. 28, Cairninch
p. 30, Ought - Scorrie - Red Crag - Benhard - drawing of
p. 32, Bonhard moraine
p. 34, Acharn Br. granite smoothed in bed of river
p. 36, [Acharn] moraines
p. 38, Truff-Haugh, flat filled up,
p. 38, Mouille Burn
p. 40, Greenstone dike in gneiss
p. 44, Bachnagairn, moraine + talus of,
p. 48, [Bachnagairn] water fall, rocks smoothed
p. 48, [Bachnagairn] blocks of gneiss surrounded by peat near on R[iver] of Esk
p. 48,50, Black Skellows, smoothed surface of granite with quartz + felspar projecting
p. 50, [Black Skellows] furrows + holes in granite
p. 50, [Black Skellows] slope at angle of 40°
p. 52, Loch Esk, blocks of gneiss in moss of,
p. 52, [Loch Esk] very deep
p. 54, [Loch Esk] moraine of,
p. 56, [Loch Esk] rigging between White Water + slope of
p. 56, White Water, pebbles in peat on rigging of,
p. 64,62, [White Water] moraine,
p. 60, Lumkart, view from,
p. 60, [Lumkart] moraine in burn of,
p. 60,62, Glen Dole
p. 62, Glen Pennie, lofty moraine at its junction with White Water
p. 64, Loch Brandy, moraine in burn of,
p. 66, [Loch Brandy] slope of moraine
p. 66, [Loch Brandy] furrows in rocks of moraine
p. 68,74, [Loch Brandy] drawings of,
p. 70, [Loch Brandy] plain on top of moraine
p. 72, [Loch Brandy] fed by springs
p. 72, [Loch Brandy] shores covered with blocks
p. 74, [Loch Brandy] rent in,
p. 74, [Loch Brandy] Little loch
p. 78, Loch Worral, sketch of,
p. 78,80, [Loch Worral] its moraines
p. 80, [Loch Worral] peat on moraines
p. 72, White quartz boulder
p. 84, Lidnathen moraine
p. 84, Catlaw, moraine at foot of,
p. 86, Glencally, medial moraine
p. 88, Pearsie, clay slate + moraine,
p. 112, [Pearsie] furrows in porphyry
p. 88, Glaciers of rhone, refer[ence] to Saussure
p. 88, Conglomerate boulders
p. 89, Mortar on steep mount[ain] w[ould] take form of talus
p. 89, Kerriermuir [sic] Burn, sect[ion] at Gas works
p. 90, Market Muir, Glammiss
p. 90, Rindie Hill
p. 92, Hunter Hill
p. 92, Beuchie or Balenshe
p. 94, Padanaram
p. 94,100, Rascobie
p. 96, Clockbriggs
p. 96, Wenyss quarry
p. 98,108, Pitscanly Hill
p. 102,104,108, Turin Hill
p. 106, [Turin hill] quarry park, fault
p. 108, Balnaschinar quarry, fault in,
p. 110, Cortachie cut, section,
p. 112, Cross stratific[ation] of loam + gravel above Esk moraine
Address
David Law
Quarry Park
Turin
(will collect foss[il] plants of paving stone)
Index 1874
Great Boulders of Lethinot 12 [...] 14, 18
Glenairn Moraine p. 12