Jura Argyllshire Scotland
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Geological Survey notebook 'V V', 1896-1899
Item
Identifier: Coll-74/1/7
Scope and Contents
Drawings and notes on the geology, particularly of parts of Ireland (including Dundalk, Wicklow) and Wales (including Anglesey, Glamorgan) and to a lesser extent Scotland and England. Reference is made to igneous rock at Kildare, carboniferous volcanoes in west Somerset and raised beaches at Jura.
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Dates:
1896-1899
Notes on 'Our Older Sea Margins', 1900
Item
Identifier: Coll-74/3/17
Scope and Contents
Notes entitled 'Our Older Sea Margins', looking at both 'Terraces of Deposit' and 'Terraces of Erosion' with reference to various locations in Scotland (including Mull, Jura and Loch Carron).
Dates:
1900
Placename etymology for Carnan-an-t-seisir, 1867
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW114/35
Scope and Contents
Placename etymology for Carnan-an-t-seisir [Càrnan, Miùghlaigh/Mingulay] collected from Ruary an Ruma MacNeil [Roderick MacNeil] aged 88, crofter there telling how about two or four hundred years before [c1660 or 1460] six men from Islay or Jura [Ìle or Diùra, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire] landed on the island at Leac Shleite [Bàgh Slèiteadh] following a storm. The body of a drowned woman had been found and so when the locals saw the men on the top of the hill they rushed up and attacked...
Dates:
1867
Watercolour picture of Rock Ledge on Jura, 1890s-1900s
Item
Identifier: Coll-74/3/4
Scope and Contents
Watercolour picture of Rock Ledge on Jura.
Dates:
1890s-1900s
Watercolour picture of Rock Ledges North East of Jura, 1890s-1900s
Item
Identifier: Coll-74/3/5
Scope and Contents
Watercolour picture of Rock Ledges North East of Jura.
Dates:
1890s-1900s