Photocopied report on Tiree Schools by Mr Ramsay dated 1863 (Bundle 1539).
Report dated 1863 on the individual schools at Caoles, Kirkapol, Balemartine, Heylipol, Sandaig (Greenhill), Balevullin, Croish and Hynish, giving how they`re supported, the teacher`s name, the school roll and comments by the inspector Mr Ramsay.
Photocopied report on Heylipol School by John MacFarlane in 1873 (Bundle 931).
Report on Heylipol School by schoolmaster John MacFarlane in August 1873 for the Duchess of Argyll, giving average attendance, subjects taught and comments on the harvest, the disharmony amongst members of the School Board which has been referred to the Education Board in Edinburgh.
Photocopied letter to Lord Archibald Campbell dated 22/9/1899 from Hugh MacDiarmid (Bundle 924).
Letter to Lord Archibald Campbell dated 22/9/1899 from Hugh MacDiarmid about a sword found by drainers several feet under the surface of a drained loch, Loch an Duin, in Moss, with attached photograph (poor).
A’ Charragh Bhiorach at Balinoe
Photograph of the standing stone at Balinoe in 2000.
Numerous remains from the Bronze Age (2500 – 600 BC) have been found on Tiree and it is probable that the people who left them were the first to occupy the island in any numbers. These early farmers were using metal for the first time and making pottery with turned out rims known as ‘Beakers’.
New religious customs appeared. The dead were buried sitting upright in cists or cremated and the ashes put in funerary urns. Hollowed out cup markings were fashioned on significant rocks and standing stones and stone circles were erected.
The standing stone at Balinoe, 3.6 metres high with a base 1.9 metres by 1.1 metres, is known locally as A’ Charragh Bhiorach (the pointed stone). It must be remembered that this is not the original name as Gaelic came to be spoken here 3,000 years after it was erected.
Colour photograph of A` Charragh Bhiorach at Balinoe in 2000.
Standing stone at Balinoe known as A’ Charragh Bhiorach, the sharp pillar, or Spitheag an Fhoimheir, chip of the giant, photographed by Dr John Holliday in 2000.
Colour photograph of a standing stone at Hough in 2000.
Standing stone at Hough photographed by Dr John Holliday in 2000.
Colour photograph of a standing stone at Caoles in 2000.
Standing stone at Caoles photographed by Dr John Holliday in 2000.
Colour photograph of An Dunan, Salum in 2000.
An Dùnan at Salum showing the causeway to shore, photographed by Dr John Holliday in 2000.
Photograph of Dùn nan Nighean at Balephuil in 2000
The remains of twenty-five fortresses from the Iron Age (600 BC – 400 AD) survive on Tiree. It is likely that these were unsettled times caused by a worsening of the climate, a growing population, thinning of the first farmed soils and the use of new iron weapons.
These fortresses, all now called ‘dùn’ in modern Gaelic, are either forts large enough to hold a community of 30 to 40 people, small duns made to shelter one family or brochs with double-skinned walls containing a staircase and guard cell, probably standing around 8 metres tall.
The forts and duns had simple defences and usually stood on inaccessible crags away from their accompanying farms. Tradition has it that a group of nuns was cornered at Dùn nan Nighean and slaughtered by the Vikings. There is also said to have been an escape tunnel out of the dun.
Colour photograph of Dùn Ìbrig at Baugh in 2000.
Dùn Ìbrig at Baugh photographed by Dr John Holliday in 2000.
Identity card issued 8/7/1942 for Christina MacKinnon of West Hynish
Identity card with photograph issued on 8/7/1942 for Christina MacKinnon of West Hynish
