Photocopied extract from book `The Third Statistical Account of Scotland`, pp 127-131.
Account of Tiree written by Malcolm M. MacLean in 1953. Includes population figures from 1801-1951 censuses and paragraphs about the island`s history, its churches, housing, education and transport.
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Photocopied newspaper article about Tiree (incomplete).
Incomplete copy of an article by George E. Meston about a visit to Tiree in the 1930s, includes paragraphs about the air and ferry services, Gott pier, the wild flowersand lochans, Mr Sinclair in Balemartine and his gramophone and wireless sets, St Columba and Skerryvore.
Typewritten township history of Barrapol by Neil Brownlie.
Township history of Barrapol and The Land giving position and descriptions of houses and ruins wnd who lived in them.
Newspaper cutting about the quiet life on Tiree by Colin Gibson.
Article about the quiet life on Tiree with photographs illustrated by a photograph of Scarinish harbour and another of a thatched house.
Seven O/S maps with hand-drawn croft numbers and boundaries, 1977
Seven O/S maps with croft numbers and boundaries drawn in by donor`s sister, Mary Robertson: (1) sheet NL 93 NE Hynish and West Hynish, (2) sheet NL 94 NE Hough, Balevullin, Kilmoluaig, Cornaigmore, Cornaigbeg and Kenovay and boundaries of Croish, Cornaigmore Farm and Kilmoluaig common grazing, (3) sheet NL 94 SE Moss, Barrapol, Balephuil, Balemartine, Balinoe, Heylipol and Crossapol and boundaries of Kilmoluaig common grazing, Barrapol Farm and Heylipol Farm, (4) sheet NL 94 NW Hough and Balevullin, (5) sheet NL 94 SW Middleton, Sandaig and Kilkenneth, (6) sheet NM 04 NW Balephetrish, Scarinish, Gott, Kirkapol and Vaul and boundaries of Scarinish Farm and Balephetrish special common, (7) sheet NM 04 SW Baugh and Scarinish.
Black and white aerial photograph of Gott Bay pier.
Aerial photograph of Gott Bay pier with Scarinish in the background.
Black and white aerial photograph of Hynish.
Aerial photograph of Hynish showing the pier, harbour, signalling tower and keepers` cottages.
Black and white aerial photograph of Balemartine and Cu` Dhheis.
Aerial photograph of Balemartine and Cu` Dhheis.
Paperback book `A Very Civil People` by John Lorne Campbell.
Collection of essays and short articles about Hebridean folk, their history and tradition.
Black and white aerial photograph of the airport and the Camp.
Aerial photograph of the airport and the Camp with Island House in the background.
