Large, round, worked, flint scraper found at Keeper’s Cottage in Scarinish (NM 03893 44266) in 2018. It may have been found elsewhere and discarded in the garden. Includes notes by the finder.
2022.18.1
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Children’s Tìr Ìseal performance online
Video and stills of the Tìr Ìseal nan Òran performance by school children at An Talla, Tiree, is now available to view online at https://www.tir-iseal.co.uk/tir-iseal-production-group. The production is divided into scenes for easy viewing, and Jack’s films, and Ian, Seonaidh and Angus’ music and song, plus the Tìr Ìseal Tapestry, are all available under the ‘Our Creative Work’ tab. There is also a questionnaire at the foot of the page for your feedback, which would be much appreciated.
2022.17.3
Two original monochrome postcards showing Scarinish Harbour and Island House. These are originals of digital copies already held in the collection. See 2000.230.4 and 2013.33.2, respectively.
2022.17.2
Black & white photoprint of a scanned postcard of a horse and cart on the beach at Gott Bay in around 1920. Titled ‘”Silversands” Tiree’.
2022.17.1
Black & white photo postcard of a view of “Scarinish Village” taken from the south in around 1910. Visible in the distance are the manse/care home, school, bakery, The Reading Room/An Iodhlann, Brown’s Store, Mary Stewart, old lighthouse.
2022.16.8
Colour photograph of a traditional boat ‘Isabella’ on Gott Bay in around 1990.
2022.16.7
Black & white postcard photograph of cattle standing in Loch a’ Phuil in around the 1920s. Houses and barns of ‘The Land’, Barrapol, are visible in the background.
2022.16.6
Black & white postcard produced by MacNeill, Post Office, Balemartine in around 1910, showing a photograph of a woman and a girl outside a black-roofed house at “Machrie, Balinoe”. Date-stamped 1919.
2022.16.5
Colour postcard of a full flit-boat leaving Scarinish harbour to join the ferry, which would have been at anchor off-shore pre-1915. The image appears to have been created from a hand-coloured glass plate photograph. Date-stamped Aug 1919.
2022.16.4
Colour photograph of passengers disembarking from the Twin Otter air service at the old terminal of Tiree airport in 1986.
