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Pits

 Subject

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = CW

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Note about a sawpit on Tarasaigh/Taransay, 8 July 1870

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW116/17
Scope and Contents

Note about a sawpit on Tarasaigh/Taransay that according to Alexander Carmichael it was 'The best saw pit I have ever seen' and describing its dimensions and situation on the island.

Dates: 8 July 1870
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Notebook No.256, 20 April 1869 - 10 September 1869

 Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 9: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/256
Scope and Contents This dark green notebook contains Charles Lyell’s notes from 20 April 1869 to 10 September 1869. Lyell starts in England and travels through Cambridgeshire, Yorkshire, Lancashire and Cumbria, with special attention to the Lake District. He then travels to Scotland, and from Edinburgh through Perthshire and the Highlands. Transcription note: This notebook was written by Charles, Mary and Arabella Buckley. The index is written entirely by...
Dates: 20 April 1869 - 10 September 1869
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Scientific Notebooks

Silo on B.S.A. Co's Estate, Marandella and a Silage Pit, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/1015
Scope and Contents

Photographs of a silo on the B.S.A. Co's Estate at Marandella and a silage pit. Images are from the Farmers Bulletin No. 6, Department of Agriculture, New South Wales in the early 20th century.

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