Hardback book `The Outer Hebrides and their legends` by Otta F. Swire.
The legends, folklore and history of the outer Hebrides.
2000.160.3
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2003.187.3
Book `Passing Islands` by Frances Walker, autographed by the artist.
Illustrated catalogue of exhibitions in Edinburgh and North Uist of painting and etchings by Frances Walker, signed by the artist.
2000.48.1
Original version of `Island of Two Harvests`.
Original illustrated version of `Island of Two Harvests` commissioned by Tiree Art Enterprises.
2003.177.13
Paperback book `Rhum: Mesolithic and later sites at Kinloch excavations 1984-86` by C. R. Wickham-Jones.
Account of the Mesolithic and later finds at Kinloch on Rhum.
De-accessioned 21.3.2026.
2003.177.14
Hardback book `Hunter-gatherer landscape archaeology` edited by Steven Mithen.
Project development, palaeoenvironmental studies and archaeological fieldwork on Islay.
2003.177.15
Hardback book `The Gaelic Place-names of Carloway, Isle of Lewis` by Richard A. V. Cox.
Pronunciation, meaning and etymology of nearly 3,000 place-names on the west of Lewis, their structure, evolution and historical significance.
2000.168.1
Leather bound Gaelic Bible.
Black leather bound Gaelic Bible 140 x 87 x 43 mm.
2000.168.2
Hardback book `The Genuine Remains of Ossian` translated by Patrick MacGregor.
Translation of the poems of Ossian.
2001.1.4
Paperback book `A Description of the Western Islands of Scotland circa 1695` by Martin Martin, 1703
Written by Martin Martin a native and Gaelic speaker, it casts light on the Hebrides when the old structure of society held sway before the Jacobite rebellions (for Tiree see pp 294-6). Includes Martin Martin`s `A Voyage to St Kilda`, and `A Description of the Western Isles of Scotland` 1549, by Sir Donald Monro, High Dean of the Isles, which presents an account of a pastoral visit to the islands still coping with the turbulent period after the fall of the Lords of the Isles.
2001.141.2
Book `Gazeteer of British Meteorological Stations`.
Information about the Met Station at Cornaigmore School in June 1929.