Tales from Barra by John Lorne Campbell

Author:John Lorne Campbell
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Birlinn

Place names

Bogach na faladh

‘The Bog of the Blood’

There was a battle between the Norwegians and the MacNeils on Bogach na Faladh. It was a big battle and the Norwegians had to retreat, and never again did they come back to put up a battle on the shore of Barra, although they had several during the period of their invasion, including the last one on Fuday which I have described to you in another story.

Cnoc a’ chrochadair

The ‘Hangman’s Knoll’ on the north side of Bruernish, and it is always called, and will ever be called Cnoc a’ Chrochadair. When MacNeil of Barra had somebody to hang he would notify the crochadair to come up, and his salary was, I understand, this: he had a little dominion there at Cnoc a’ Chrochadair and it belonged to him. Hanging was his only job, and he got as salary a free croft for doing it.

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