Object Type: document

2004.202.1.1

Scans of an 1805 Irish penny found in Balemartine and a letter from Nick Holmes of the National Museums of Scotland.

Two scans and two enlargements of an 1805 Irish penny dug up by John Fletcher in ground around the shed opposite his house in Balemartine in November 2004. Letter dated 25/11/2004 from Nick Holmes, numismatics curator with the National Museums of Scotland, identifying and dating the coin.

2004.154.35

Information sheets from the University of Reading`s team of archaeologists.

Information sheets from the University of Reading`s team of archaeologists about the sites and dates of their finds of flints, pottery shards and bones during their visit to Tiree in August 2004.

2004.148.3

Two envelopes from the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland in Edinburgh.

Two envelopes from the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland in Edinburgh (On His Majesty`s Service therefore pre-1953) with rough drawings and descriptions of the items found on Balevullin machair (2004.148.1-2).

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2004.143.1

Photocopied list of cash paid to emigrants from Tiree to Canada in June 1846.

List of cash paid by Ground Officer Archibald MacLean to emigrants from Tiree to Canada on 9th June 1846, giving township, name, status (tenant or cottar), number in family, amount paid and further information, e.g. house pulled down, lived with brother.