Photographs of standing stones on the Balephetrish Common Grazing.
Two colour photographs of standing stones on Archie John MacLean`s apportionment of the Balephetrish Common Grazing taken by Mary MacKinnon, Parkhouse in 2010. (Originals stored with four additional similar photographs in filing cabinet 9 drawer 3)
Letter from `Time Team`s Mick Aston to Dr John Holliday, 2010
Typed letter from Prof. Mick Aston (BBC`s `Time Team` archaeology series of TV programmes) to Dr John Holliday (Chair of An Iodhlann) thanking him for his letter and newsletter, and stating that he very much enjoyed his visit to Tiree in 2009 and that he hoped to return. Dated 21 Oct. 2010.
A historical account of Tiree and its churches
Typed account of some key events in Tiree’s history and its churches. Unknown author. May have been the notes for a public talk. Typed ca. 1960. Found by the Rev. Neil MacKinnon, Cumbernauld, during a clear out of his house in 2010.
Click here to view 2010.70.1
Postcard of the broch at Vaul
Colour photo postcard of Dun Mor Bhalla, the broch at Vaul, taken in the 1970s-1980s by Sue Anderson. Original in filing cabinet 9 drawer 3.
Book “To the Islands”
Hard-back book “To the Islands” by the archaeologist Professor Steven Mithen, University of Reading, about his years of searches for evidence of prehistoric communities in the Hebridean islands. Includes Tiree, Gunna and Coll in chapters 12-14 & 19. Signed by the author with a note to Dr John Holliday, An Iodhlann.
PhD Thesis “Later Prehistory of Tiree and Coll” by Darko Maricevic, 2009
Bound PhD Thesis “Later Prehistory of Tiree and Coll, Inner Hebrides, Scotland: Application of geophysics in archaeological investigarion of cultural landscapes” by Darko Maricevic.
Also available from the University of Reading Library
Book “The land below the waves”
Book “The land below the waves – Tiree past and present” by Donneil Kennedy of Tiree ancestry.
Fragment of pottery with a hole drilled through
Large fragment of pottery with a hole drilled through collected by Charles MacDonnell from Salum beach in 2009, and possible explanation of its purpose by Ian Hewitt of Bournemouth University: may have been used as a beehive, the holes being for ventilation. It may also have been a ceramic milk strainer used in cattle husbandry (see page 17 of GW Davis 2011).
Email about pottery fragments found at Salum in 2009
Printout of an email from archaelogist Tom Dawson, University of St. Andrews, to Charles MacDonell regarding the likely history and points of interest of a large collection of prehistoric pottery fragments (2010.35.1) found at Salum beach in 2009.
Pottery fragments from Salum
Large collection of prehistoric pottery fragments from Salum beach collected by Charles MacDonell in 2009. Fragments up to 12cm long and some decorated.
