Bornish South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland
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Subject Source: Local sources
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Archaeological notes on ruins at Croice near Bornish, 19 March 1874
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW111/67
Scope and Contents
Archaeological notes on ruins at Croice near Bornish [Cròic a Deas, Bornais, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist] describing Carmichael's visit there, how he was looking at and for the ruins as well as a description of what he found including that the scattered remains of a building could be found within half a foot at low water on the spring tide, that in digging down a few inches he found remains of a plant and peat moss with sand and gravel and the hard buttresses 'like broken pieces of old ruins...
Dates:
19 March 1874