Whole coconut found on the shore at the Ringing Stone in April 2019. It will have floated from the Caribbean on the Gulf Stream currents.
Tag Archives: sea beans coconuts etc
Leave a Reply
2014.82.1
Book `Cry at Midnight` by Mavis Gulliver, 2014
Fictional story for children that takes place on Tiree. Featuring magic and mythical creatures, and sea beans. Signed by the author.
2014.4.1
2013.22.1
2006.143.2
Sea bean Macuna sloanei
Sea bean, horse-eye bean – Macuna sloanei, with a letter of identification from the Royal Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh dated 12.6.06 (letter in Filing Cabinet 8 drawer 4). The seed of a tropical plant carried north on the Gulf Stream and washed up on Tiree’s shore.