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RefNoK588/F/48
AltRefNo588/F/48
TitleJournal of Sir St Vincent Cotton's tour of Scotland in the form of letters to his mother.
DescriptionEdinburgh – Kirkcaldy – Kinross – Perth – Dunkeld – Kenmore – Blair Atholl – Fort Augustus – Fort William – Connel Ferry – Oban – Isle of Mull – Isle of Ulva – Isle of Staffa – Oban – Inveraray – Luss – Callender [Callander] – Stirling – Edinburgh.
Mostly descriptions of scenery and rain. Includes visits to Scone Palace, Loch Leven, Ossian’s Cave, Falls of Foyers on Loch Ness, Ben Nevis, Loch Lomond, Loch Katrine. Detailed description of Fingal’s Cave on Isle of Staffa.
Date16 July -22 August 1820
CreatorNameCotton family of Madingley and Landwade
RepositoryCambridgeshire Archives

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F/0003Cotton; family; of Madingley Hall and Landwade; Baronets Cotton1423-1871
P/0032Cotton; Sir; St Vincent (1801-1863); 6th Baronet; of Landwade and Madingley Hall1801-1863
P/0033Cotton; Lady; Philadelphia (c.1763-1855); of Madingley Hallc.1763-1855
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