Object Type: book

1999.297.6

Paperback book `The Drove Roads of Scotland` by A. R. B. Haldane.

An account of Scotland’s droving trade and the routes by which cattle and sheep were brought from every corner of the land to markets in central Scotland. Includes references to Tiree in the index.

2001.151.4

Hardback book `The Hebrides` by W. H. Murray.

Description of the Hebrides by the author, a mountaineer, sailor, ornithologist, botanist, geologist as well as novelist. Includes a chapter on Tiree.

2004.25.3

Hardback book `Monro`s Western Isles of Scotland` edited by R. W. Munro.

The first known description of the Western Isles written from personal observation by Donald Munro, Archdeacon of the Isles, in 1549, with the descent of the five main branches of Clan Donald.

2004.24.7

Paperback book `Re na h-Oidhche` by Catriona Montgomery.

Collection of Gaelic poems with English translations signed by the poetess.

De-accessioned 1.3.2026.

2004.21.1

Hardback book `Curiosities of Art and Nature` edited by Michael Robson.

A new annotated and illustrated edition of Martin Martin`s classic `A Description of the Western Isle of Scotland`.

De-accessioned 1.3.2026.