Black and white photograph of Iain MacKinnon`s croft house in Kilmoluaig.
The thatched house of Iain MacKinnon (Iain Chaluim) in Kilmoluaig.
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Black and white photograph of Iain MacKinnon`s croft house in Kilmoluaig.
Chimney detail of Iain MacKinnon`s (Iain Chaluim) thatched house in Kilmoluaig.
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Black and white photograph of the interior of Iain MacKinnon`s croft house in Kilmoluaig.
The interior of Iain MacKinnon`s (Iain Chaluim) thatched house in Kilmoluaig. Iain lived there all his life, as he preferred it, without mains water or electricity.
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Calum MacKinnon of Kilmoluaig
Photograph of Calum MacKinnon of Kilmoluaig in 1977.
Courtesy of RCAHMS (Crown copyright)
Calum MacKinnon (1890-1984) is pictured sitting in the kitchen of his thatched house at Cnoc Bhiosta in 1977. It was the last inhabited house on Tiree without electricity. Lighting was by Tilley lamp and all the cooking was done on the coal-fired range or latterly a gas ring.
Originally traditional houses had a peat fire in the centre of the room. When coal began to be imported to Tiree in the mid-19th century, hearths and chimneys were built on to the original walls at one or both ends of the house.
Chimneys, lacking the support of a gable end, were relatively unstable and were built at a sight angle outwards so if they did collapse the inhabitants would be safe.
Black and white photograph of Calum MacKinnon in Kilmoluaig.
Calum MacKinnon (father of Iain, Hector and Hugh) at his thatched house in Kilmoluaig in 1977.
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Black and white photograph of Iain MacKinnon`s croft in Kilmoluaig.
The thatched house, outbuildings and stackyard at Iain MacKinnon`s (Iain Chaluim) croft in Kilmoluaig.
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Black and white photograph of Calum MacKinnon of Kilmoluaig.
Calum MacKinnon (1890 – 1984) inside his thatched house at Kilmoluaig.
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Colour photograph of Calum MacKinnon of Kilmoluaig.
Calum MacKinnon (1890 – 1984) outside his thatched house at Kilmoluaig.
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The Church of Scotland at Cornaigmore
Photograph of the Church of Scotland at Cornaig.
Courtesy of Mrs Fiona Munn
Due to difficulties in obtaining use of the Congregational Chapel in Cornaig, the Kirkapol Session decided to build a new church accommodating 200 worshippers. The Duke of Argyll granted one eighth of an acre in Cornaigmore at an annual feu of one shilling.
A building committee was set up comprising the minister, Rev Thomas MacPherson, and six elders. Donald MacDonald of Caoles put in the successful tender of £530 for the building work. Grants were promised by the Church of Scotland and one of the elders, Thomas Barr, offered to advance the money at 4% interest.
The new church opened for public worship in 1899 ‘notwithstanding the very boisterous nature of the weather’ and continued as a place of worship until the mid-1970s. It has since been sold as a dwelling house.
Black and white photograph of the old Church of Scotland at Cornaigmore.
The old Church of Scotland at Cornaigmore.
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Colour photograph of Iain MacKinnon`s croft house in Kilmoluaig.
Iain MacKinnon`s (Iain Chaluim) thatched house in Kilmoluaig.
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Colour photograph of the interior of Iain MacKinnon`s croft house in Kilmoluaig.
The fireplace and range in Iain MacKinnon`s (Iain Chaluim) thatched house in Kilmoluaig.
