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Fife Scotland

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 22 Collections and/or Records:

Geological Survey of Scotland: Sheet 49, 1884

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Identifier: Coll-99/11/3/3
Scope and Contents

Colour-coded geological map of south-east Angus and north-east Fife, from a survey in 1884 by James Geikie, Henry Hyatt Howell and HM Skae as part of the Geological Survey of Great Britain.

Dates: 1884
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Professor James Geikie / Maps / Geological Maps Survey of Scotland (1)

Geological Survey of Scotland: Sheet 49, 1888

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Identifier: Coll-99/11/4/7
Scope and Contents

Colour-coded geological map of part of south-east Angus and north-east Fife, from a survey of or prior to 1884 by James Geikie and Henry Hyatt Howell as part of the Geological Survey of Great Britain.

Dates: 1888
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Professor James Geikie / Maps / Geological Survey Maps of Scotland (2)

Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Samuel Allport, 29 March 1877

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Identifier: Coll-74/11/6/10
Scope and Contents

Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Samuel Allport declining his offer of rock specimens from the Edinburgh area, as these would be duplicates, and asking if it would be possible to send him some specimens from Fife.

Dates: 29 March 1877
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie (A-H) / Correspondence to Sir Archibald Geikie: W[illiam] G[rylls] Adams to Paul Apfelstedt

Mineralogical Notes on Fife, 1811

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Identifier: Coll-1373/8
Scope and Contents

Short volume of approximately 38 pages, with numerous drawings, on geological observations made on walks in Fife.

Dates: 1811
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Notebooks of Robert Jameson

Mineralogical Notes on Fife, c1811

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Identifier: Coll-1373/9
Scope and Contents

Volume of approximately 156 pages, containing geological observations, with numerous drawings, made on walks in Fife.

Dates: c1811
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Notebooks of Robert Jameson

Note about Eaglais na h-Aoi, 29 August 1868

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW150/4
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Note collected from Angus MacAulay, aged 82, An Cnoc/Knock, Eilean Leòdhais/Isle of Lewis about Eaglais na h-Aoi [Eaglais na h-Aoidhe] that it is the oldest church and burying place in the Isle of Lewis and is connected with St Columba. Also notes that John Wylie [built it], that he had a house in Stornoway [Steòrnabhagh] and that he was one of the people who had come from Fife [Fiobha].

Dates: 29 August 1868
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael

Note about seal hunting rights in a grant by King David I, c1875

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW112/45
Scope and Contents

Note about seal hunting rights in a grant by King David I as recorded in Pennant's A tour in Scotland, and voyage to the Hebrides, 1772 (see bibliography below).

Dates: c1875
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Transcription notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael

Notebook No.72, 9 August 1838- September 1838

 Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 3: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/72
Scope and Contents This red leather notebook include Charles Lyell's geological observations, sketches, some essays with queries, diary entry from August 29th 1838 from Kinnordy about the length and publication of Principles of Geology and Elements of Geology. The index is p. 139,140, and inside back cover. The following table of contents is Lyell's own words, copied from Lyell's own "Index", found at the beginning and end of the notebook, transcribed from...
Dates: 9 August 1838- September 1838
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Scientific Notebooks

Notes on white-traps in Museum of Science and Art and Geological Survey Collection, the Office, Edinburgh, late 19th century

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Identifier: Coll-74/5/9
Scope and Contents

Notes on white-traps from various parts of Scotland (Ayrshire, Fife, Linlithgowshire) held either in the Museum of Science and Art or the offices of the Geological Survey in Edinburgh.

Dates: late 19th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Miscellaneous

Report on hair and skin remains from Ashgrove Farm, Methil, Fife and other Bronze Age sites, 1966

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Identifier: Coll-1362/1/229
Scope and Contents

Located in A.B.R.O. Reprints 1965 - 1966. Volume 4 of 19.

Dates: 1966
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Roslin Institute Offprint Collection / Animal Breeding Research Organisation (ABRO)

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