South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael, 2 September 1870 to 7 October 1875
Series
Identifier: Coll-97/CW106
Scope and Contents
Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael. Written on the inside front cover is '2/9 1870. Oban' and on the flyleaf is '[deleted: Twas] Friday 2 Sep[tember]. 1870. 12 noon from Ob[an]'. Folios 1-3r and 75r to 117v are blank. The text on folio 3v and 4r and 4v is written updside down and is later text (29 January 1875). The contents are in two distinct sections, the first being material collected on Lios Mòr/Lismore and the second being material collected in South Uist. Much of the...
Dates:
2 September 1870 to 7 October 1875
Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael, 1864 to
Series
Identifier: Coll-97/CW114
Scope and Contents
Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael, noted as being 'Bought at St Columb, Cornwall, 30 Nov[ember] 1864 pr[ice] 2/3'. The back inside cover contains a note probably collected as part of excise duties which reads 'Rod[erick] MacPhie Mast of boat 21.8 [-] 1.2½ [-]'. The notebook contains one insertion. The majority of the notebook contains lore relating to Miùlaigh/Mingulay mostly collected from Roderick MacNeil, crofter, aged 88, known as Ruairidh an Rùma. Roderick MacNeil also...
Dates:
1864 to