Two handwoven woolen blankets, thought to be woven by Euphemia Lamont (MacFadyen) at the Post Office, Ruaig.
These are thought to be examples of traditional Highland Wedding Blankets. They are made with hand spun wool which is then hand dyed with Indigo and handwoven on a 30 inch hand loom, a ‘beart beag’, the two single widths being sewn together to make a wider blanket. They are the cream colour of the sheep with indigo stripes. (There would sometimes be seven stripes for good luck.) Both are woven with a twill weave, the smaller one is all wool but it looks as if the large one has a cotton warp.
An Ordnance Survey map of the northern west end of Tiree. From a set of three covering the whole island.
Argyllshire (Island of Tiree) Sheets LXIII & LXIV
Surveyed in 1875-6. Revised 1898. Second edition 1900
An Ordnance Survey map of the southern west end of Tiree. From a set of three covering the whole island.
Argyllshire (Island of Tiree) Sheet LXXVIII
Surveyed in 1878. Revised 1898. Second edition 1900
An Ordnance Survey map of the east end of Tiree. From a set of three covering the whole island.
Argyllshire (Island of Tiree) Sheets LXV & LXXIX
Surveyed in 1875-6. Revised 1898. Second edition 1901
A photograph from a set of copies of a magazine article about Tiree thatched cottages, with photographs mainly by Jim Souness.
A photograph from a set of copies of a magazine article about Tiree thatched cottages, with photographs mainly by Jim Souness.
A photograph from a set of copies of a magazine article about Tiree thatched cottages, with photographs mainly by Jim Souness.
A photograph from a set of copies of a magazine article about Tiree thatched cottages, with photographs mainly by Jim Souness.
A photograph from a set of copies of a magazine article about Tiree thatched cottages, with photographs mainly by Jim Souness.
A photograph from a set of copies of a magazine article about Tiree thatched cottages, with photographs mainly by Jim Souness.
