VHS video titled ‘An Sgoth’, which could mean either ‘the skiff (sailing boat)’ or ‘the cloud’. Probably the former.
2015.25.1
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Tag Archives: boat-building
2015.30.3
Book ‘The Viking Ship’ by Gareth Williams, 2014. The evolution of the design of the Vikings’ sea-going vessels, their uses and as icons.
2015.11.1
Photograph of Scarinish Harbour during a regatta, early 1970s
Colour photograph of Scarinish Harbour during a regatta in the early 1970s. (original stored in filing cabinet 10 drawer 1)
2015.9.1
Typed transcript of Donald Sinclair, West Hynish, singing about a boat named `Eilidh a` Chuain`, 1968
Transcript of Eric Gregeen interviewing Donald Sinclair, West Hynish, in 1968. Donald sings an old song in Gaelic about a trading boat named `Eilidh a` Chuain / Helen of the Seas`, which mentions the Isle of Mann. He doesn`t know its exact origin, only that it was passed down orally through generations of his family. Created on A3 paper using a typewriter. The transcript is labelled SA 1968/246/A1, suggesting that it may also be available on CD from Pròiseact Thiriodh, School of Scottish Studies, Edinburgh.
2014.108.3
Photograph of Neil MacNeill, Scarinish, in the 1960s
Sepia photograph of Neil MacNeill, Scarinish, (Niall an Tailleir / Neil son of the Tailor) at the tiller of an open fishing boat in the 1960s.
2014.108.4
Photograph of Willie MacNeill and Dr Kennedy in the 1960s
Sepia photograph of L-R: Dr Kennedy and Willie MacNeill, The Land – Barrapol, in a fishing boat off Tiree in the 1960s.
2012.125.8
Photograph of the puffer `Glenshira` in Scarinish Harbour in 1966
Black & white photograph of the coal puffer `Glenshira` alongside the pier in Scarinish Harbour in August 1966. The store shed, and ferry `Claymore` are visible in the background with two small wooden boats in the foreground.
2005.107.1
Iron Age strike-a-light.
Palm-sized round brown pebble with deep straight grooves on both sides. An Iron Age multifunctional tool: the grooves were used as a ‘strike-a-light’, the edges for hammering, and the flat surfaces for rubbing hide. Found near the top of Dun Mor, Vaul, on 27th July 2005 by holiday-maker Kenny Nelson. It may also have been used by sail-makers for sharpening their needles.
