Paperback book `Picts, Gaels and Scots` by Sally M. Foster.
Overview of the Picts and Gaels and the establishment of a single, unified kingdon known as Alba.
De-accessioned 21.3.2026.
1998.321.1
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1997.272.15
Paperback book `The Stones of Iona` by John MacKenzie Semple.
The history of the carved stones of Iona giving their background particularly the Benedictine period and late.
1998.320.35
Paperback book `The Lords of the Isles` by Ronald Williams.
The story of the establishment of Dalriada by Fregus Mor in AD 500 to the forfeiture of the Lordship a thousand years later.
2000.225.5
Paperback book `Atlas of Scottish History to 1707` edited by Peter G. B. Macneill and Hector L MacQueen.
Maps, diagrams, plans, charts and tables covering the history of Scotland from the earliest times up to 1707.
1999.299.9
Paperback book `Orkneyinga Saga` translated by Hermann Palsson and Paul Edwards.
Transaltion of a medieval chronicle describing the conquest of the Northern Isles by the kings of Norway and the subsequent history of the Earls of Orkney.
1999.299.11
Paperback book `Viking Scotland` by Anna Ritchie.
Where the Vikings came from, what they encountered in Scotland, how they interacted with the natives and the longer term effects of Scandinavian settlement.
De-accessioned 21.3.2026.
2000.225.6
Paperback book `Vikings in Scotland` by James Graham-Campbell and Colleen E. Batey.
An archaeological survey of the Vikings in Scotland. Signed by Dr Colleen Batey in October 2016: “Best wishes to An Iodhlann – happy hunting for the Norse on Tiree!”
2000.50.7
Hardback book `The West Highland Galley` by Denis Rixson.
The history of the west highland galley or birlinn.
1998.323.19
Hardback book `Scotland`s Music` by John Purser.
Descriptions of classical and traditional music from the 8th century to the present day, with colour illustrations.
2003.8.14
Hardback book `An Leanabh Mor` edited by Malcolm MacLean and Theo Dorgan.
Anthology of 100 Gaelic poems from the 6th to the 21st centuries illustrated by various artists.