Dalness Royal Forest Argyllshire Scotland
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Genealogical notes and stories about the Livingstone family, 4 October 1892
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW126f/40
Scope and Contents
Genealogical notes and stories about the Livingstone family including their connections with Kerrera, Ulva and Blantyre [Cearrara, and Ulbha, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire and Lanarkshire] and David Livingstone the explorer. There is a story about a Livingstone at Achnacree killing a deer for the King with an arrow and subsequently losing possession of Dail an eas [Achadh na Crithe and Dail an Eas/Dalness, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire]. Also includes a story about 'The baron who bro[ugh]t body...
Dates:
4 October 1892
Story about the Duke of Argyll and Dailness Royal Forest, 1883
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW120/163
Scope and Contents
Story probably collected from Donald MacColl, foxhunter, Glencreran, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire, about the Duke of Argyll and Dailness Royal Forest [Royal Forest of Dalness, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire], of which the duke was forester. Coll MacDonald, writer to the signet in Edinburgh, was allowed to fill the forest with sheep.
Dates:
1883