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Kylerhea Isle of Skye Inverness-shire Scotland

 Subject

Staff Only
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Story about the sighting of a large serpent, June 1887

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW89/90
Scope and Contents

Story collected on Ìle/Islay about the sighting of a large serpent by a Duncan Macarthur while crossing Caol rithin [possibly Caol Reatha/Kylerhea, An t-Eilean Sgitheanach/Isle of Skye]. The serpent is described as having a head 'as large as any bull dogs' and being eight feet long and of 'terrible app[earance]'. It is noted that the sighting was thirty years ago (c1855).

Dates: June 1887
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael