Ireland
Reference code
CUR/05
Title
Ireland
Date
1910 to 1947
Level of description
item
Extent and format
One notebook.
Octavo.
Black cover.
Octavo.
Black cover.
Scope and content
Notes handwritten in pen and black ink; pages unnumbered.
Includes pencil and pen and ink sketches of standing stones, raths, entrances to ancient sites, plans and cross-sections, many with measurements.
In addition, four photographs stuck into the notebook of dolmen in Reginald Williamson’s garden at Glen Druid, Cabinteely, County Dublin. Dated 1947.
At the back of the volume, inside the back cover, there is a handwritten note: Notes from “Lough Corrib” (Sir Wm. Wilde) [Lough Corrib: its Shores and Islands, William Robert Wilde (Dublin, 1872)].
At the back of the notebook, there is a glossary of place names, not in alphabetical order. There is also information on archaeological finds, and information and sketches regarding Lough Conn, County Mayo, Ireland.
Sites located in Ireland, especially County Dublin and County Mayo.
Loose within the notebook are four pages of pencil diagrams and a torn off strip of handwritten notes (regarding Irish medieval history).
Includes pencil and pen and ink sketches of standing stones, raths, entrances to ancient sites, plans and cross-sections, many with measurements.
In addition, four photographs stuck into the notebook of dolmen in Reginald Williamson’s garden at Glen Druid, Cabinteely, County Dublin. Dated 1947.
At the back of the volume, inside the back cover, there is a handwritten note: Notes from “Lough Corrib” (Sir Wm. Wilde) [Lough Corrib: its Shores and Islands, William Robert Wilde (Dublin, 1872)].
At the back of the notebook, there is a glossary of place names, not in alphabetical order. There is also information on archaeological finds, and information and sketches regarding Lough Conn, County Mayo, Ireland.
Sites located in Ireland, especially County Dublin and County Mayo.
Loose within the notebook are four pages of pencil diagrams and a torn off strip of handwritten notes (regarding Irish medieval history).
Creator
Curwen, Eliot (1865-1950), surgeon, traveller, antiquary