O/S map sheet LXXVIII.7.
Map of the Balinoe/Balemartine/Mannal area at a scale of 25 inches to mile (1:2,500).
2005.145.15
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1998.69.1
Folder with a photograph of Willie MacLean in piper`s dress.
Folder with a photograph of Willie MacLean (Uilleam Dhòmhnuill Eòghainn Mhòir) of Balinoe. (Folder in Filing Cabinet 2 drawer 2)
2005.113.1
Minidisk recording of Willie MacLean, Balinoe talking to Maggie Campbell in September 2005.
Willie MacLean, Balinoe talks to Maggie Campbell in September 2005 about horses.
2005.52.2
1858 Balemartine fishing tragedy
Transcription of the seven witness statements for the inquest into the loss of four Tiree fishermen in April 1858.
Courtesy of Argyll & Bute Archives
On 30th April 1858 four fishermen, cottars Donald MacLean and Alexander MacFarlane from Heylipol and John MacLean and Archibald MacArthur from Balinoe, were drowned in a great gale. They had left the port at Balemartine early that morning in calm, clear weather and headed for the fishing banks between Hynish and Skerryvore.
The wind began to blow in the afternoon. Other fishermen in the area saw them lifting their lines and reported that they were the last to leave the fishing grounds and head for home. The wind and tide were against them and they failed to reach the shore. Their boat was only 14 feet in length.
Charles Campbell, another Balemartine fisherman, set out a few days later when the storm had abated to search for the bodies. He found no trace of the boat or her crew in Colonsay, Islay or Iona.
Images of manuscript added to website August 2024:
2005.43.6
List of donors of Church funds found in a byre opposite Hynish House
Hand-written list of donors` names and addresses, and amount of money received by Rev. D. MacDonald. Names include: Chrissie MacDonald, Edinburgh; Anonymous; Neil MacArthur, The Store, Balemartine; John MacLean, Balemartine; Flora MacLean, Balemartine; John MacFarlane, Balemartine; Flora MacIntyre, Balemartine; Donald MacLean, Roadside; Balemartine; Hector Campbell, The Store, Balemartine; Peggie MacKinnon, Springfield, Balemartine; Miss Wilson, Schoolhouse, Balemartine; Margaret ?, Ruaig; Mr Hume, Heylipol Farm; Mrs Kennedy, Ardliu, Balinoe; A MacDonald, Mannal; Dr Hunter, Baugh; Chistina MacKinnon, The Store, Balemartine; Mrs MacKinnon, The Farmhouse, Balemartine.
2004.218.10
Colour aerial photograph of Balinoe taken in the summer of 2004 by Jane Phillis.
Balinoe in the summer of 2004. © Jane Phillis (HD 143 1A).
2004.194.6
Aerial photograph of `Greenacres` in Balinoe taken by James Gentles in July 2003.
`Greenacres` in Balinoe photographed by James Gentles in July 2003 using a remote controlled camera on a kite.
1999.199.12
O/S map sheet LXXVIII.6.
Map of the Balinoe/Balephuil/Loch Bhasapol area at a scale of 25 inches to mile (1:2,500).
1999.199.11
O/S map sheet LXXVIII.7.
Map of the Balinoe/Balemartine/Mannal area at a scale of 25 inches to mile (1:2,500).
2004.68.1
Audio cassette recording of Janet MacIntosh of Scarinish talking to Maggie Campbell on 21/5/2004.
Janet MacIntosh of Urvaig talks to Maggie Campbell in May 2004 about her schooldays in Balemartine, her childhood and wartime memories, Sunday customs, her travels round Scotland as a pilgrim, women’s clothing and work, baptisms in Tiree, the 19th century Baptist revival on the Ross of Mull, the Community Council, differences between the east and west of Tiree, self education, second sight and ghost stories, Tiree Bards, the hardness of life in the past with poverty, disease and the death of children; Janet finishes by singing a hymn composed by Neil MacDonald of Kilmoluaig