Softback book ‘Scotland: Mapping the Nation’ by Christopher Fleet, Margaret Wilkes and Charles W. J. Withers, 2012. Presents maps from the earliest representations of Scotland by Ptolemy in the second century AD to the most recent forms of Scotland’s mapping. Includes information about Skerryvore Lighthouse. (Page 221) See also ‘Scotland: Mapping the Islands’ at 2017.14.1
Colour photograph of exhibition boards in An Iodhlann ‘The Iron Age on Tiree’ around 1998.
Colour photograph of exhibition boards in An Iodhlann ‘The Bronze Age on Tiree’ around 1998.
VHS video ‘Sith is Sonas’ (peace and contentment), 1999
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.
Photograph of hexagonal columns of rock at Staffa
Colour photograph of hexagonal columns of basalt rock at Staffa (see V127).
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.
Booklet ` Lines below the Waves` 2005
Booklet about fishing and fishing boats on Tiree. Researched by Dr John Holliday for a summer exhibition at An Iodhlann.
Booklet `Milkit Four Times in the Day` 2012
Booklet about the history of agriculture on Tiree, with reference to livestock, sales, cattle shows, vets, animal health, butchers, hens, potatoes, bulbs, seaweed and Gaelic words. Researched by Dr John Holliday for a summer exhibition at An Iodhlann.
Booklet `Songs amongst the Stones` 2000
Booklet about the archaeology of Tiree from middens and standing stones, to religions and lifestyle. Researched by Dr John Holliday for a summer exhibition at An Iodhlann.
