Analysis of pottery fragments and other material from Balevullin, 2012
Printed analysis of fragments of Iron-age pottery, blacksmithing slag, cast iron cooking pot and beach cobbles from a midden on Balevullin machair (2012.65.1), by Dr Fraser Hunter of the National Museum of Scotland in 2012.
Collection of pottery fragments found at Salum in 2011
Collection of 15 fragments of pottery found at Salum beach by Charles MacDonell in 2011, including part of the base of a pot and a fragment with hatch markings. Stored in box with 2010.35.1.
Book `Coll & Tiree` by Erskine Beveridge, 1903 edition
1903 edition of the book `Coll & Tiree – their prehistoric forts and ecclesiastical antiquities with notices of ancient remains in the Treshnish Isles` by Erskine Beveridge, with photographs and maps. Book no. 82 of 300 impressions. Written inside the front cover: Presented to “Lachlan Grant, Vallay”.
Photograph of the back of the cave inside An Namh Mhòr, Kenavara, 2010.
Colour photograph of the back of An Namh Mhòr / The Big Cave, below the sea-cliffs at Kenavara. Taken in 2010. Original stored in filing cabinet 9, drawer 3.
Report on the archaeological evaluation of Mesolithic sites on Islay, 2011
Booklet reporting on the findings of archaelogical investigations of Storakaig and Rubha Port an t-Seilich on Islay by the East Islay Mesolithic Project, lead by Professor Steven Mithen from the University of Reading during 2009-2011.
Photograph of the entrance of An Namh Mhòr, Kenavara, 2010
Colour photograph of the entrance of An Namh Mhòr / The Big Cave at the foot of the sea-cliffs at Kenavara in 2010, showing a rope put in place to allow ascent into the cave. Original stored in filing cabinet 9, drawer 3.
Photograph of the roof of the cave An Namh Mhòr, Kenavara, 2010
Colour photograph of the roof inside An Namh Mhòr / The Big Cave, below the sea-cliffs at Kenavara. Taken in 2010. Original stored in filing cabinet 9, drawer 3.
Information about Iron Age pottery
Information about Iron Age pottery design, markings and uses from a CBA Research Report, including theories about the presence of post-firing drilled holes. Includes printed email from Ian Hewitt regarding holes in Iron Age pottery.
Suggested identification for pottery `Mystery Object`
Handwritten suggestion for the identification of a large piece of pre-historic pottery drilled with holes. Possibly used as a bee hive, the holes being made for ventilation. Includes drawing and typed transcription. Relates to pottery fragment found by C MacDonell at Salum in 2009 (see 2010.35.1).
Photograph of Lachie & Flora MacLean at a Bronze Age burial chamber, Kenavara, ca. 1998
Colour photograph of Lachie & Flora MacLean, Druimfraoich, at ‘Naimh Chaluim Chèaird / the cave of Calum the tinker’ on the Balephuil side of Kenavara around 1995-2000. Thought to be a Neolithic/Bronze Age burial chamber. It is named after a traveller who presumably sheltered there.
