Caisteal Bheagram South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland
Ceannlangabhat South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland
Isle of Barra Inverness-shire Scotland
Tobha Beag South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland
Huisinis Isle of Harris Inverness-shire Scotland
Isle of Barra Inverness-shire Scotland
Kentangaval Isle of Barra Inverness-shire Scotland
North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland
South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland
South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland
Vatersay Inverness-shire Scotland
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Description
Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael containing the stories 'Rocabarrai' and 'Cugarbhad'; some songs and song fragments; customs relating to religious festivals, particularly on the Isle of Barra; stories about the MacNeil of Barra; stories and archaeological notes on Castle Beagram [Caisteal Bheagram, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist]; cattle charms and stories about the Lochlannaich [Vikings]. As well as archaeological notes on chapels and cemeteries the majority of the notebook entries are on duns, especially on the Isle of Barra, South Uist and the Isle of Harris, including some diagrams of their structures, descriptions of their situations and stories about how they were named or used. Also contains dog tax lists for North Uist, collected by Robert Urquhart, preventive officer and colleague of Carmichael.
