Photograph of two bales of tangles on the shore at Craignis in 1974(?)
Colour photograph of two bales of tangles (stalks of kelp seaweed) tide with ropes on the shore at Craignis, Hough, ready for collection and transport by tractor and trailer, possibly in 1974.
Photograph of a tractor and trailer load of tangles at Balevullin in 2000
Photograph of a load of tangles (kelp stalks) that has been transported from Craignis, Hough, to Neil MacKinnon`s croft at Balevullin in 2000.
Photograph of a trailer load of tangles in 2000
Colour photograph of a trailer full of tangles (kelp stalks) at Neil MacKinnon`s croft at Balevullin in 2000.
Photograph of a drying rack for tangles at Balevullin in 2000
Colour photograph of a rack made of wooden planks and oil drums at Neil MacKinnon`s croft at Balevullin in 2000. Bales of tangles (kelp seaweed stalks) would be untied and laid over the rack to allow air to circulate underneath the stalks, thus drying them.