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University Archives and Manuscripts

Title

Notebook No.256

Creators/Contributors

Rights

Out of Copyright. Free use.

Collection

Papers of Sir Charles Lyell

Production Date

20 April 1869 - 10 September 1869

Shelfmark (Identifier)

Coll-203/A1/256

Catalogue Record

https://archives.collections.ed.ac.uk/repositories/2/archival_objects/180414

Subjects

Ely (England)
Cambridge (England)
Pits
Suffolk, England
Yorkshire (England)
Leeds (England)
Lancaster (England)
Cumbria (England)
Skiddaw (Cumbria, England)
Sedbergh (England)
Glaciation
Moel Tryfan
Arthur's Seat (Edinburgh, Scotland)
Scotland -- Sutherland
Geology, Stratigraphic Cambrian
Drumkilbo (Perthshire, Scotland)
Pitlochry, Perth and Kinross, Scotland
Invergarry Inverness-shire Scotland
Blair Atholl (Scotland)
River Spey Inverness-shire Scotland
Moray Firth (Highland, Scotland)
Glen Clova
Awe, Loch (Argyll and Bute, Scotland)
Assynt, Loch (Highland, Scotland)
Quinag (Highland, Scotland)
Orthoceras
Roy, Glen (Highland, Scotland)
Ullapool Ross and Cromarty Scotland
Falls of Foyers (Highland, Scotland)
Fort Augustus, Highland, Scotland

Description

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.