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Creag an La'uir Isle of Barra Inverness-shire Scotland

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Note about duns and foot-marked rocks on the Isle of Barra, 24 September 1872

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW90/102
Scope and Contents

Note about duns and foot-marked rocks on the Isle of Barra [Barraigh] including Dùn Briain, Dun Chiu'ir [Dùn Chuidhir] and Dùnan Ruadh, Creaga la'uir and Ciste nan Cli'eann, which is described as having 'a wall of rock on each side'. Also mentioned is a high rock behind Lorg Mhic De and Lorg an Donais, which a large footmark and a small footmark in it.

Dates: 24 September 1872

Note on archaeological sites around Barraigh/Isle of Barra, September 1872

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW90/152
Scope and Contents

Note on archaeological sites around Barraigh/Isle of Barra, including a cromleac [cromlech] at Cliff [Dùn Cliobh], a well there which was destroyed, Chreaga La'uir, Dunanrua [Dùn Loch nic Ruaidhe] and Castle Loch Tangasdale [Dùn Mhic Leòid].

Dates: September 1872

Story about caves, September 1872

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW90/156
Scope and Contents

Story about caves which reads '4 men ent[ered] Uaimh nam figeann Creaga Lauir 1 a piper had candles Sui Lanauir ex[tinguished] the candles. The dog came out hairless at Uamh Sloc-an-Duine Gearygal.' [Creag an La'uir, and Gearraidh Gadhal/Garrygal, both Barraigh/Isle of Barra].

Dates: September 1872

Story entitled 'An Sluagh', September 1872

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW90/139
Scope and Contents Story entitled 'An Sluagh' in which two men coming through a cliff at Creag an La'uir [possibly on Barraigh/Isle of Barra] predict trouble from the fairy host. One man is lifted by the fairies into the air, flapping his arms like wings and is dropped into the sea but manages to make it back to shore. When asked by his companion why he went looking for the fairies he says that sometimes he lets them so that he can get somewhere else. Text has been scored through in ink as if transcribed...
Dates: September 1872