Audio cassette recording of George Holleyman talking to Dr Euan Mackie in An Iodhlann on 26/7/2000.
George Holleyman talks to Dr Euan Mackie of the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow in July 2000 about the Stone Age flints, bronze objects and Iron Age pottery that he found in Balevullin and Balephuil while he was a service policeman on Tiree during 1941 to 1943. Also present are Ian Atkins of Balephuil and Maggie Campbell of Kilmoluaig.
Black and white photograph of Alasdair MacDonald of Balephuil.
Alasdair MacDonald of Balephuil Sliabh harvesting with a Clydesdale horse.
Collection of bone flints and pottery shards found by John Bowler in Balephuil in June 2003.
Collection of bone flints and pottery shards found by John Bowler in Balephuil, O/S Ref: NL 94328 40950, in June 2003.
Two pieces of flint and one pottery shard.
Bag with two pieces of flint and one small pottery shard found by Dr John Holliday in September 2004 on Balephuil machair where John Bowler made his original finds.
Red deer bone awl found by Dr Morton Boyd in Balephuil in 1995.
Red deer bone 125 mm long and 25-35 mm wide with one end shaped into a point, found by Dr Morton Boyd on 27/1/1995 on the bank of the stream at Balephuil embedded in a layer of limpet shells and sand/soil at a depth of around 3 m in the dunes.
Hector MacPhail talking about apprentice sailor Iain MacArthur
Sound clip in English of Hector MacPhail talking about apprentice sailor Iain MacArthur of Roisgeal in Caoles.
Hector MacPhail of Ruaig tells the story of the first voyage of Iain MacArthur from Roisgeal in Caoles on his uncle’s sailing ship. He was made to turn out in foul weather to change sail and to sew up the bodies of his fellow crew members after a fever had gone round the boat.
Bag of chipped stone found at Balephuil in August 2004.
Bag with two chipped stones found at Balephuil, O/S Ref: NL 95155 40708, in August 2004.
Bag with bone fragment found at Balephuil in August 2004.
Bag with bone fragment found at Balephuil, O/S Ref: NL 95155 40708, in August 2004.
Bag of flint cores found at Balephuil in August 2004.
Bag of three flint cores found at Balephuil, O/S Ref: NL 94328 40950, in August 2004.
Bag of flint flakes and bladelets found at Balephuil in August 2004.
Bag of 27-29 flint flakes and bladelets found at Balephuil, O/S Ref: NL 94328 40950, in August 2004.
