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Cladh Tharain Taransay Inverness-shire Scotland

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Subject Source: Local sources

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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