Inveraray Argyllshire Scotland
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence to Sir Archibald Geikie: Duke of Argyll to William Talbot Aveline, 1873-1894
The Correspondence to Sir Archibald Geikie: Duke of Argyll to William Talbot Aveline sub-series consists of:
- 59 letters to the Duke of Argyll (1888-1893) arranged chronologically
- 4 telegrams from the Duke of Argyll (1890) arranged chronologically
- 4 letters to William Talbot Aveline (1873-1894) arranged chronologically
Notes on rocks around Iona and Lismore; whether the rocks have been sculpted; and place-names connected to them, c1893
Notes on the use of Lios Mòr/Lismore for burials, September 1870
Notes on the use of Lios Mòr/Lismore, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire for burials, including that people would come from Inbhir Aora/Inveraray and the surrounding country to bury their dead, that Dun fraoin and Tor-an-aolaich, at the north end of Achnacrois were big burial sites [Dùn Fraoin, Tòrr an Aolaich and Achnacroish]. A man called Cheyne offended Roman Catholics by taking two cartloads of bones from Uamh Dhùn Fraoin to the Roman Catholic burial ground.
Placename note for Barr na brac, 1894
Placename note for Barr na brac [possibly for or near Auchnabreac] which is described as being within three miles of Inveraray from Furnace and now in the farm of Dailchenna [Inbhir Aora, An Fhùirneis and Dalchenna Farm, all Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire]. The text has been scored through in pencil.