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Am Meall Vatersay Inverness-shire Scotland

 Subject

Staff Only
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Story entitled 'Starsach Meall Vat[ersay]'

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW90/151
Scope and Contents

Story entitled 'Starsach Meall Vat[ersay]', which tells how a father [presumably at Am Meall, Bhatarsaigh/Vatersay] sent his son to Maoldonaich [Maol Dòmhnaich] for leagan [leacan or large, flat stones] to put under a slab that was going to be made into a doorstep [starsach] and when he saw that the son's stone was larger than his he killed his son.

Dates: 1870 to 1872
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael