Tobar an Dualchais - Kist O Riches

Title - Prògram Choinnich
Contributors - John Murdo Morrison; Margaret MacLeod
Reporters - Kenneth MacIver

Summary - Quarries on Berneray and North Uist.

John Murdo Morrison from The Harris Hotel explains how stones from the Berneray quarry were used in the building of the hotel. His uncles, James and Donald Alick, were involved in the work in 1922-23. This was the same kind of stone as used for Amhuinnsuidhe Castle and the War Memorial in Tarbert, and was used for the lintels and frontage. He still has the steel wedges that were used for splitting the rock.

Margaret MacLeod from North Uist tells how there were at least three small quarries on the island at one time - one at Scolpaig and two at Griminish. People used them for stone which was broken up and used for road-building in earlier times. The work was hard and the wages poor.

Track Duration (h:m:s) - 00:06:27
Date Recorded - 1997.03.24
Date Transmitted - 1997.03.24
Language - Gaelic
Genre - Radio Programmes
Collection - BBC

Track ID - 4787
Original Tape ID - Program Choinnich 24.03.1997
Audio Quality - Good
Audio Format - DAT



Recording Location:
  County - Ross and Cromarty
  Parish - Stornoway
  Island - Lewis
  Village - Stornoway


Item Location:
  County - Inverness-shire
  Parish - Harris
  Island - Berneray

Item Notes -

Permanent Link - http://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/fullrecord/4787/1


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