Three newspaper articles about the excavation of the Vaul broch, 1963-64
Three photocopied articles by archaeologist Dr Euan MacKie from `The Times` newpaper describing the excavation of Dun Mor Bhalla.
2001.95.3.1
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2000.190.1
Photocopied leaflet about the excavation of the broch at Vaul.
Leaflet giving information about early settlements on the site, the construction, use and later demolition of the broch and the material recovered.
1999.225.1
Photocopied journal extract about prehistoric pottery in the Western Isles by Patrick G. Topping.
A re-examination of the major pottery sites in the Western Isles including the broch at Vaul and the `hut` site at Balevullin.
1999.225.2
Photocopied journal extract about an Iron Age site at Balevullin by Euan W. MacKie.
Description of the `hut site` at Balevullin excavated by A. Henderson Bishop in 1912 and the collections of pottery from Tiree in the Hunterian Museum and Glasgow Museum followed by a discussion of the site and material placing both in their cultural context.
2000.167.1
Photocopied handwritten notes and sketches made by Dr Euan MacKie on 25/7/2000 of George Holleyman`s collections.
Handwritten notes and sketches made by Dr Euan MacKie on 25/7/2000 of the pot shards and flints collected by George Holleyman in Balephuil and Balevullin in 1941-1943.
2000.167.2
Typed assessment of George Holleyman`s collections by Dr Euan MacKie.
Typed assessment of George Holleyman`s collections by Dr Euan MacKie (2 copies).
1999.215.1
Photocopied journal extract about an Iron Age excavation at Balevullin submitted by Dr Euan Mackie.
Journal article by Dr Euan Mackie about the excavation of an Iron Age site at Balevullin by A. Henderson Bishop in 1912.
1999.191.35
Report on the excavation of Dun Mor Vaul by Dr Euan Mackie.
Report of the excavation of Dun Mor, an Iron Age broch in Vaul, during 1962-4 by Dr Euan MacKie.
2003.32.1
Whalebone post sockets from the broch at Vaul
Photograph of whalebone post sockets from the broch at Vaul.
Courtesy of Mr Nicholas Redman
These whale vertebrae, photographed by Nicholas Redman in 2003, are two of the four excavated from Dùn Mòr at Vaul by Dr. Euan Mackie in the early 1960s and now stored at the Hunterian Museum in Glasgow.
The vertebrae were positioned two on each side of the rectangular hearth set in the centre of the floor of the broch. They had been perforated in the middle and doubtless used as post sockets. The best preserved vertebrae would have held an 8 cm thick post.
Situated too close to the hearth to be roof supports, the posts were probably used to support some sort of roasting spit or a frame for a cooking cauldron.
Three black and white photographs of whale vertebrae from Dun Mor, Vaul.
Whalebone post sockets excavated from Dun Mor, Vaul, by Dr Euan MacKie in the 1960s and now stored at the Hunterian Museum in Glasgow. (2 photographs not displayed in Filing Cabinet 8 drawer 2)
2000.10.21
Book `Scotland: An Archaeological Guide` by Euan W. MacKie.
Scotland`s history and archaeology from earliest times to the 12th century A.D. Geographical arrangement of major sites with Tiree`s Dun Mor Vaul broch pp. 159 – 160.