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Battlefields

 Subject

Staff Only
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = NAHSTE

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Prophecy about a battle at Aird-nan-ceann

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW116/145
Scope and Contents

Story probably collected from Hector MacLeod, aged 85, at Caisteal Bhuirgh/Borve Castle, Lionacleit/Linaclate, Beinn na Faoghla/Benbecula of a prophecy about a battle to be fought at Aird-nan-ceann, which is between Caisteal Bhuirgh/Borve Castle and Braobh-fhaothail, Beinn na Faoghla/Benbecula. The story quotes the prophecy of Cainneach Oar [Coinneach Odhar or Kenneth MacKenzie].

Dates: 15 July 1870 to 19 October 1871
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael

The Historic Battleground Where L Battery Fell, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/1215
Scope and Contents

Photograph of the battlefield of Néry where the L Battery, British Horse Regiment fell on 1 September, 1914 where all of the horses were killed within the first two minutes of fighting the Germans. The image shows a field strewn with dead horses, a destroyed wagon and farm building and trees in the background.

Dates: 1870s-1930s
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Roslin Slide Collection