Earth sheltered houses
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Archaeological note about a taigh talamh [earth house] on Sanndray, 1867
Archaeological note about a taigh talamh [earth house] on Sanndray [Sanndraigh/Sandray], probably collected from Roderick MacNeil, aged 88, crofter, Miùghlaigh/Mingulay. It is described as big enough for a man to stand up in with many chambers, situated about three quarters of a mile north west of the Dùn [Dùn Mhic Rìgh na Sorach].
Notes about archaeological sites around Isle of Barra, Vatersay and Uist, especially relating to taigh talmhanta [earth houses], September 1872
Story entitled 'Saothach Maoldonaich', September 1872
Vocabulary note which reads 'Brudh, Sith-Bhrudh = Tunga, undergr[oun]d house', 11 July 1870
Vocabulary note which reads 'Brudh, Sith-Bhrudh = Tunga, undergr[oun]d house'.