Book ‘The Viking Ship’ by Gareth Williams, 2014. The evolution of the design of the Vikings’ sea-going vessels, their uses and as icons.
2015.30.3
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Dates: 1400s
2015.30.2
Book ‘Vikings!’ by I P Stephenson, 2013. A history of the Viking as warriors.
De-accessioned 21.3.2026.
2015.30.1
Collection of 12 academic papers (1984-2013) about Vikings in the Hebrides including information on Norse names in Barra, the Hebrides and the N Atlantic area, Viking silver and gold artefacts, migration to the Inner Hebrides, Norse and Gaelic ancestry by DNA analysis, genetic evidence in Shetland and Orkney, colonization of the N. Atlantic, ethnicity, the Vikings in Gaelic oral tradition.
2015.26.2
Hardback book ‘A History of Clan Campbell, Vol. 1 – from origins to Flodden’ by Alastair Campbell of Airds, 2000.
2014.118.1
Photograph of a piece of hexagonal basalt at Baugh, 2014
Colour photograph of a piece of basalt rock found on the beach at Baugh in 2014. Although the edges are now worn, it appears similar to the hexagonal rocks of Staffa (see V128), from where it may have originated.
2014.118.2
Photograph of hexagonal columns of rock at Staffa
Colour photograph of hexagonal columns of basalt rock at Staffa (see V127).
2014.104.1
Book `Atlantic Hazel`, 2012
Softback book about the history, ecology and conservation of native hazel woodland on the Atlantic fringes of Britain and Ireland. Hazel woodland is thought to have existed on Tiree and Coll around 9,000 years ago. The nuts were probably an important food source for seasonal foragers around the sea kingdom.
2014.98.5
Book extract `Argyll and the Isles in the Earlier Middle Ages`, 1957
Photocopied extract from the Proceedings of the Society 1957 by AAM Duncan and AL Brown about the history of Argyll and the islands between 1098 and 1263, including Viking occupation.
2014.66.2
Book extract `Argyll and the Isles in the Earlier Middle Ages`, 1957
Photocopied book extract `Argyll and the Isles in the Earlier Middle Ages` (from the collection of Gene Lamont, Canada).
2014.25.5
Book ` Adomnan`s Life of Columba`, 1961
Hardback book edited by Alan Orr Anderson and Marjorie Ogilvie Anderson re-telling Adomnan`s historical document of life, culture and beliefs among the Scots of Britain and Ireland during the 8th century AD.