Very large iron spade with thick wooden shaft and handle, presumably for clearing/cutting ditches, and likely smiddy-made on Tiree. Dimensions: head 48x48cm, shaft diam 6cm, shaft length 66cm, handle width 60cm. Owned by Archie MacIntyre, Gott.
Black & white photograph of the Skerryvore Lighthouse complex of buildings at Hynish during WWII, taken from a vantage point looking northwest. The photographer was RAF Service Photographer, ‘Peru’ (real name unknown), who served with 518 Squadron, RAF Tiree.
Black & white photograph of the walled gardens and fields, barns and stackyards, and Hynish House, with Happy Valley beyond. The photo was taken by RAF Service Photographer, ‘Peru’ (real name unknown), while serving with 518 Squadron, RAF Tiree.
Black & white photograph of a Nissen hut on the airfield during a blizzard in WWII, with houses of Crossapol just visible in the background. The photo was taken by RAF Service Photographer, ‘Peru’ (real name unknown), while serving with 518 Squadron, RAF Tiree.
Colour photo postcard of a thatched crofthouse at Balevullin in around 1975-80. The house was known as Taigh Màiri Nic Mhaoilein and later as the artist Frances Walker’s house.
‘Whitecross’ round stainless steel pipe cover and metal pipe cleaning kit in a leather pouch.
Small watercolour painting of the view towards Mull from the southwest end of Gott Bay, in a round brass frame. Painted by Meena Knapman, Rossdhu, Kenovay in around 1990.
Traditional flatfish net made of a circular wooden frame, strung with rope, with a central disc of brown leather (repaired using modern fishing line).
Black & white photo postcard of the ruined chapel at Kilkenneth, sold by D & H MacArthur, The Store, Scarinish.
Colour postcard photograph of croft land at Kilkenneth, with Middleton-Sandaig and Kenavara in the distance, by Sue Anderson, Coll.
