Uidh Taransay Inverness-shire Scotland
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:
Story about Comhail Mhic Leoid and Ord bhairneach, 8 July 1870
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW116/23
Scope and Contents
Story about Comhail Mhic Leoid [Clach MhicLeòid, Na Hearadh/Isle of Harris] that it was where MacLeod signalled to the people of Tarasaigh/Taransay that they had to come and pay their rent. The story continues by describing the 'Ord bhairneach' which an old woman had and which when striking the limpets broke in three. The three fragments were scattered one [presumably] at Clach MhicLeòid, one at Steinegri [Stangrigary] and the third at Aoi [Uidh], now known as Clach an t-sagairt.
Dates:
8 July 1870
Story and notes about burials and archaeological finds on Tarasaigh/Taransay, 8 July 1870
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Identifier: Coll-97/CW116/12
Scope and Contents
Story and notes about burials and archaeological finds on Tarasaigh/Taransay telling how a large, thick skull with a piece cut out of the back of it as if by a sword was seen at Teamp[ull] Charrain or Tharrain [Teampull Tharain/St Tarran's Chapel]. He describes the skull and a large skeleton found near it. He records how men and women were buried separately, the men at Teampull Tharrain and the women at Teamp[ull] Che [Teampull Chè] although the two places are fifty yards apart. The story...
Dates:
8 July 1870
Two stories relating to the rocks and seaweed on Tarasaigh/Taransay, 8 July 1870
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW116/33
Scope and Contents
Two stories relating to the rocks and seaweed on Tarasaigh/Taransay, the first states that 'Clach-ultach at Mol-mircein [is] a long & per[pendicular] round granite pillar ...of old persons used to lift it' and describes how a young, strong lad from Caolas Scalpay [Caolas Scalpaigh/Kyles Scalpay, Na Hearadh/Isle of Harris] tried to lift it but let it fall and it broke. Noting that 'mircein' is 'a seaweed of the tangle kind', the second story tells how Capt[ain] [Kenneth] Campbell would...
Dates:
8 July 1870