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Angus (Scotland)

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Found in 27 Collections and/or Records:

Geological Survey of Scotland: Sheet 49, 1884

 Item
Identifier: Coll-99/11/3/3
Scope and Contents

Colour-coded geological map of south-east Angus and north-east Fife, from a survey in 1884 by James Geikie, Henry Hyatt Howell and HM Skae as part of the Geological Survey of Great Britain.

Dates: 1884
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Professor James Geikie / Maps / Geological Maps Survey of Scotland (1)

Geological Survey of Scotland: Sheet 49, 1888

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Identifier: Coll-99/11/4/7
Scope and Contents

Colour-coded geological map of part of south-east Angus and north-east Fife, from a survey of or prior to 1884 by James Geikie and Henry Hyatt Howell as part of the Geological Survey of Great Britain.

Dates: 1888
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Professor James Geikie / Maps / Geological Survey Maps of Scotland (2)

"Lavia of Glamis", Aberdeen -Angus Heifer, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/1352
Scope and Contents

Photograph of the Aberdeen-Angus heifer, "Lavia of Glamis" standing in a field in the late 19th or early 20th century. The heifer was bred and owned by the Earl of Strathmore, Glamis Castle.

Dates: 1870s-1930s
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Roslin Slide Collection

Letter to Sir Charles Lyell from William Blackadder regarding the geology of Forfarshire, 16 March 1825

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Identifier: Coll-203/3/25
Scope and Contents

Letter to Sir Charles Lyell from William Blackadder discussing various geological matters including the heights of diluvium in the Forfarshire area, the lochs in the Forfarshire area and his suspicions that land near Cortachie had once been a lake, marl deposition in the Forfarshire and Borders areas of Scotland and flints found in Aberdeenshire, 16 March 1825.

Dates: 16 March 1825
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Notes and correspondence on the geology of Forfarshire

Notebook No.83, 30 July 1840 - 12 October 1840

 Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 4: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/83
Scope and Contents This brown leather notebook contains notes on France, London, and Kinnordy, predominantly pencil in first part, containing field notes and multiple sketches of geological formations. Notes include significant list of Norwich Crag fossils sent to Dr Fleming, some drawings with use of colour evident; notes on glacial moraines observed in Angus with Dr. Buckland. Index on p. 113-116, both covers are blank. The following table of contents is...
Dates: 30 July 1840 - 12 October 1840
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Scientific Notebooks

Notebook No.85, 21 October 1840 - 8 December 1840

 Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 4: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/85
Scope and Contents This marbled paper and red leather notebook includes Charles Lyell's geological notes on Kinnordy and surrounding area, as well as other areas of Scotland, illustrated with a watercolor cross section on page 61. There are also 'to do' lists, notes on correspondence sent, meeting agendas and lists of persons to whom papers were sent, and notes on conversations with Agassiz. He makes more observations on glacial moraines, and lists of Faluns fossils. Notes are in pencil and ink and complete...
Dates: 21 October 1840 - 8 December 1840
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Scientific Notebooks

Notebook No.153, 19 July 1847 - 6 September 1847

 Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 6: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/153
Scope and Contents This notebook contains Charles Lyell’s notes from 19 July 1847 to 18 September 1847 [the stated end date is inferred from the start date of the following notebook]. There is an abstract of a ‘Times Sept. 6. 1847’ article and a discussion in response to a letter from Charles Darwin dated 8 September 1847. Lyell is home in Kinnordy with no excursions or visited locales being explicitly recorded during this time. The approximate first third of the daily entries are focused on the management of...
Dates: 19 July 1847 - 6 September 1847
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Scientific Notebooks

Notebook No.257, September 1869 - April 1870

 Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 9: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/257
Transcription note: This dark green notebook contains Charles Lyell’s notes from 10 September 1869 to 23 April 1870, and continues from the previous volume (256) starting in Scotland. Lyell travels from the Scottish Highlands, to Glasgow and Dumfries, then onto Devonshire, Suffolk, Somerset, and finishes back in Devon. Lyell attends meetings of various Societies, and writes about his correspondence with and the work of other notable researchers of the time. ...
Dates: September 1869 - April 1870
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Scientific Notebooks

Notes and correspondence on the geology of Forfarshire, 1817-1841

 Series — Box Lyell Box 1.16 (Formerly Gen 116): Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1); Series Coll-203/3 (Lyell 3)
Identifier: Coll-203/3 (Lyell 3)
Scope and Contents

The notes and correspondence on the Geology of Forfarshire consist of:


  1. notes
  2. sketchbooks
  3. geological cross sections
  4. correspondence
Dates: 1817-1841
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell

Notes for paper on Sections of Isla, [Melgus], Prosen and South Esk, c1822-1824

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Identifier: Coll-203/3/19
Scope and Contents

Notes for a paper on sections of Isla, [Melges], Prosen and South Esk containing information from publications and other scientists about rock types in Forfarshire. c1822-1824.

Dates: c1822-1824
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Notes and correspondence on the geology of Forfarshire