Photograph of two lorries laden with tangles in 1976(?)
Colour photograph of two large lorries loaded with dried tangles ready for export to the mainland, possibly in 1976.
2013.110.24
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2013.110.9
Photograph of tangles laid out on the shore at Craignis in 1997-98
Colour photograph of tangles (the long stalks of kelp seaweed) laid out on the cobbled shore at Craignis, Hough, ready for gathering up into bales in 1997-98.
2013.110.10
Photograph of tangles ready for drying at Craignis in 1999
Colour photograph of tangles (kelp seaweed stalks) piled onto a large rock on the shore at Craignis, Hough, in 1999alongside the framework for draping the tangle over to dry out.
2013.110.11
Photograph of tangles drying at Craignis in 1997-98
Colour photograph of tangles (long straight stalks of kelp seaweed) laid over a completed drying rack made of oil drums, wooden posts and fishing net, on the shore at Craignis, Hough, in 1997-98.
2013.110.12
Photograph of dried tangles ready for transport at Balevullin in 1999.
Colour photograph of Jean`s (MacCallum?) tangles drying over a rack at Balevullin, ready for transport by tractor in 1999.
2013.110.13
Photograph of two bales of tangles on the shore at Craignis in 1974(?)
Colour photograph of two bales of tangles (stalks of kelp seaweed) tide with ropes on the shore at Craignis, Hough, ready for collection and transport by tractor and trailer, possibly in 1974.
2013.110.14
Photograph of a tractor and trailer load of tangles at Balevullin in 2000
Photograph of a load of tangles (kelp stalks) that has been transported from Craignis, Hough, to Neil MacKinnon`s croft at Balevullin in 2000.
2013.110.15
Photograph of a trailer load of tangles in 2000
Colour photograph of a trailer full of tangles (kelp stalks) at Neil MacKinnon`s croft at Balevullin in 2000.
2013.110.16
Photograph of a drying rack for tangles at Balevullin in 2000
Colour photograph of a rack made of wooden planks and oil drums at Neil MacKinnon`s croft at Balevullin in 2000. Bales of tangles (kelp seaweed stalks) would be untied and laid over the rack to allow air to circulate underneath the stalks, thus drying them.
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Photograph of the underside of a tangle drying rack in 2000
Colour photograph of the underside of a drying rack with tangles (kelp stalks) laid over above to dry at Neil MacKinnon`s croft at Balevullin in 2000.
