Sylloge of Coins of the British Isles. Part 1, 1966. by Robert B K Stevenson
A hardback book with details of Viking hoards in Tiree
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2025.52.2
CD by Sgoil Chiùil na Gàidhealtachd, “Back on the Road”, November 2023, including Tiree musician Emily Armstrong
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CD by Trail West “Thirsty Work”
Copy of Trail West’s 2024 CD “Thirsty Work”, with Tiree members of the band: Alain Campbell (Kilmoluaig), Andrew Findlater (Scarinish), Ian Smith (West Hynish) plus Seonaidh MacIntyre (South Uist), Jonathan Gillespie (Glasgow) and Allan Nairn (Ardnamurchan)
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Papers compiled by Grant Farquharson about his grandfather, Captain Donald Archibald MacCallum 1884 – 1941, born Kilmoluaig, Tiree. Donald Archibald is pictured above (right, as first officer) onboard the SS Huntsman with the captain and a dog which they rescued from the Delfina.
Notes include rescue of crew of the Spanish ship Delfina in 1928 by the crew of SS Huntsman of which Donald Archibald was chief officer. See 2010.77.2
There is an account of Donald Archibald’s wartime experiences including as captain of SS Designer when hit by a torpedo, sinking in six minutes. Out of 78 men onboard, Donald and 66 of his men were lost.
Award of two medals: The Emile Robin Medal from the Shipwrecked Fishermen & Mariners Royal Benevolent Society, The Liverpool Shipwrecked Humane Society.
Photocopied photographs of the medals, the SS Huntsman, its captain and Donald Archibald and rescued dog (see photo above). Donald Archibald with his wife, Isabella “Bella” McNeil, born Balevullin 1885 – 1947 (see photo below), newspaper cuttings.
Also an account of Donald Archibald’s nephew, Captain Donald MacCallum 1903 – 1943. Captain of SS Baron Dechmont when hit by a torpedo from U-507. Taken PoW aboard U-Boat but lost his life ten days later when it was sunk by an Allied aeroplane. See 2010.77.1
Both are named on Tiree’s war memorial and at Tower Hill, London
Additional research by Flo Straker
2025.50.2
an Iron Age mortar
Found by divers Michael Sharpe, Charles Guest and Simon Arnold from North of Scotland Archaeology Society (NOSAS) in September 2023 in Loch Bhassapol on the south side of Eilean Àirde na Brathan, 15m offshore in 1m of water.
From Dr Fraser Hunter’s report:
Large ovoid cobble (stone not identified) with a pecked oval hollow (60 x 70 mm) centrally on the flattest face. The base is pecked but part of the sides are worn smooth, suggesting use as a mortar.
Also an Iron Age quern fragment at 2025.50.1
see entry at tireeandcollarchaeology.org
With the permission of His Grace the Duke of Argyll
2025.50.1
Fragment of an Iron Age bun quern
Found by divers Michael Sharpe, Charles Guest and Simon Arnold from North of Scotland Archaeology Society (NOSAS) in September 2023 in Loch Bhassapol on the south side of Eilean Àirde na Brathan, 15m offshore in 1m of water.
From Dr Fraser Hunter’s report:
The quern fragment represents around a quarter of the upper stone of a bun quern. It has been heavily used: the lower surface is worn to the point where it is so smooth that it would need re-dressed to be functional, and there are two handle sockets on the upper surface, the outer (less worn) one replacing the heavily worn inner one.
Bun querns are an Iron Age type, appearing (rarely) around the 4th century BC and persisting through the earlier first millennium AD.
Also an Iron Age mortar at 2025.50.2
see entry at tireeandcollarchaeology.org
With the permission of His Grace the Duke of Argyll
2025.49.1
Prisoner of War Camp “banknote”
A War Department sixpence Camp Banknote issued at RAF Tiree
On reverse is a stamped date 16 June 1945. This form of note was only valid for use at the camp of issue.
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From a selection of five vinyl records in Gaelic from the house of Kenneth Muir, Heanish
A 78rpm vinyl record published by Columbia
Cumha Mhiccriomain (MacCrinnon’s Lament)
and
Mo Nighean Chruibb Donn (My Dainty Brown-haired Maid)
J C M Campbell / Seumas Caimbeul – Tenor – unaccompanied
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From a selection of five vinyl records in Gaelic from the house of Kenneth Muir, Heanish
A 78rpm vinyl record published by Zonophone
Gu Ma Slan a Chi Mi (Health and Joy be With You)
and
An t-Eilean Muileach (the Isle of Mull)
Macphail Blair – Baritone – in Gaelic with piano accompaniment
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From a selection of five vinyl records in Gaelic from the house of Kenneth Muir, Heanish
A 78(?)rpm record published by Beltona
The Praise of Tiree
and
Leaving Bornish (Donald Roy MacDonald of Bornish)
Tenor songs in Gaelic sung by Archibald Grant