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Barpa Langass North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Notes on Langass, 21 May 1877

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW108/71
Scope and Contents

Notes on Leac-Ba-Sionna and Bairp Langais, [Langais/Langass, Uibhist a Tuath/North Uist] their physical appearance, composition and connection to Rìigh Lochlann [King of Norway].

Dates: 21 May 1877

Story about the worship of marked stones by followers of Una Nin Ri Lochlan on Unival, c1872

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW90/74
Scope and Contents Story about the worship of marked stones by followers of Una Nin Ri Lochlan [Una Nighean Rìgh Lochlann] on Unival [Uineabhal, Uibhist a Tuath/North Uist]. It notes that any of Una's men who did not worship the images or were guilty of crime were made to move the stones as were any who 'Kept a fire alive at Beatlain [Bealltainn]'. The note also mentions barps at Langass and Tai Cloiche Mharadh [Langais and Taigh Cloiche, Marrogh]. Carmichael also adds a quote relating to the MacAulay family...
Dates: c1872