| Description | Roderick Impey Murchison, fieldbooks & diaries: Scotland.
"1858 2 Scotland. Skibo-Elgin & Reptiles - Perthshire - [Lord] Kinnaird - Dr Anderson and Dura Den"
18 Aug 1858: Loch Inver [Highlands] (p1), Lairg, Loch Shin (p4). Balbair, Bonar Bridge (p11), Skibo and Dornoch (p12). Notes on R J A Cunningham's 'Geognostical map of Scotland' (pp13-15);
23 Aug: Skibo Castle - Dunrobin (p17), Langwell (p20), Berriedale (p27);
26 Aug: Dunrobin (p28a);
31 Aug: Brahan Castle (p29), Rogie Falls (p30), Bridge of Grudie, Loch Fannich (p32), Loch Luichart (p35). The Black Isle (pp39-44), John MacCulloch's Map (p39). Inverness-Elgin, Nairn [Highlands], Cawdor Castle (p46), View of Tarbet Ness (p47). Nairn, Brodie Castle (p48) Finhorn, Kinloss Abbey (p49). Spynie Quarry (p51);
6 Sep: Elgin. Rev George Gordon of Birnie (p52). Loch Spynie (p54), Forres (p55), Lossiemouth (p56). Stone of Elgin Cathedral (p58), "Knock of Aves" (p59), Burghead (p60). Covesea (p62). Covesea Skerries (p63). "Myerside Quarrys" (p64) Elgin-Mr Martin (p66). Section: Hills of Dallas, plains of Elgin (pp68-69). "General section of Elgin county" (pp72-73);
9 Sep: Gordon Castle [Fochabers] (p74). "Bridge of Spey" (p76), Buckie (p79);
15 Sep: Fochabers-Keith-Rothiemay-Huntly-Gartly-Kennethmont-Insch-Oyne-Inverurie (p82). Aberdeen-Marischal College (p83);
16 Sep: Aberdeen-Dunnottar-Dundee "saw Pterygotus of Mr H[ugh] Miller" (p85). Arbroath, Rossie Priory (p86). Trip to ("Mrs Dalgiesh", Dura House) Dura, Cupar (p87), mainly the Devonian fossil fish bed containing Holoptychius, via Newport on Tay (p89). Dura Den (p90) [note: pages 87-90 have large areas cut out which presumably contained drawn sections], Newburgh (p96);
20 Sep: Rossie Priory-Carse of Gowrie-Perth-Auchterarder (p98) -Dunblane (p99);
21 Sep: Leeds (p100), Kinlochewe [Highlands] (p101). |