Black and white postcard of Taigh `Milly` in Scarinish.
Postcard of Taigh `Milly`, Amelia Cameron`s house in Scarinish, around 1940.
1998.92.1
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2003.152.3
Black and white postcard of `Hunister` in Vaul.
`Hunister` in Vaul. (Original postcard in Filing Cabinet 8 drawer 2)
2003.146.1
Video recordings of TV programmes about crofting on Tiree, 1985-86
VHS video of recordings of two TV programmes about crofting on Tiree: (1) (Track 3) STV`s `Scotland Today – The Crofter`s Way` recorded in 1985 about crofting in Tiree and featuring Ailig MacArthur of Heylipol, crofters John and Hugh MacKinnon, thatchers Alexander MacNeil and Hector Brown, Jean MacKay of Balemartine and Janice Monaghan of Heanish, crofters Lachie MacKinnon of Parkhouse and Alastair MacInnes of Ruaig, and teacher Margaret MacKay, (2) (Track 3) Extract from Channel 4`s `Edgeland` recorded in 1986 (?) about crofting in the Highlands and Islands and featuring Tiree with Ailig MacArthur of Heylipol and Alastair MacInnes of Ruaig.
1997.265.6
Newsletter `Fios agus Fathunn`, No. 6, 1981.
Local news including Strathclyde Regional Structural Plan, a Gaelic song by George Campbell of Cornaigbeg, the mains water supply, the coastguard, the Community Enterprise Porgramme, thatched houses, the churches, birdwatching and a marine survey of Tiree and Coll.
2003.139.2
Hardback book `Behold the Hebrides` by Alasdair Alpin MacGregor.
An account of wayfaring in the Hebrides by Alasdair Alpin MacGregor.
De-accessioned 1.3.2026.
1997.246.1
Binder `The Island of Tiree 1941 – 1943` containing an account of George Holleyman’s time on Tiree, plus 123 related photographs.
Account by RAF policeman and amateur archaeologist George Holleyman FSA of his time on Tiree between September 1941 and June 1943. Includes seventy-five photographs taken on Tiree by George Holleyman between September 1941 and June 1943, and forty-eight black and white photographs/postcards taken by unknown photographer(s). George Holleyman carried out significant amounts of pioneering archaeological work in Sussex during the first half of the 20th century along with Drs. Eliot and Cecil Curwen. He was made a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 1949.
2001.96.10
Laser print of a black and white photograph of a Tiree thatched house in the 1920s.
`Typical Tiree cottage.` (From Myra Lamont’s photograph album of the 1920s.)
1997.149.1
Black and white postcard of a modernised thatched house in Scarinish.
Postcard of a modernised thatched house in Scarinish. (Original in Filing Cabinet 2 drawer 1 – 1997.178)
2003.137.2
Sandaig Terrace
Photograph of Sandaig Terrace in the early 20th century.
Courtesy of Mr Lachie MacLean
The design of Tiree’s thatched houses (known as ‘taighean-tugha’) is markedly different from those on the mainland and even from traditional houses on the other islands. The rounded curves of the roof and the complex pattern of ropes holding the thatch down make a Tiree ‘taigh-tugha’ unmistakable.
On the outer islands the usual pattern was a combined dwelling and byre with one door. Cattle were housed to the right and people lived to the left. Only one house like this has been found on Tiree where the standard design was the house, byre, workshops and sheds built joined in a line.
Traditionally Tiree houses face east. “Cùl ri gaoith, aghaidh ri grèin” (back to the wind, face to the sun) and “An ear ’s an iar, an dachaigh as fheàrr” (east and west, the best home) are two Gaelic proverbs from Tiree.
Black and white postcard of Sandaig Terrace.
Sandaig Terrace. On the left the MacLeish’s house, on the right the present site of the Sandaig Museum. (Original postcard in Filing Cabinet 8 drawer 2)
2003.126.4
Colour photograph of John MacKinnon and his workmen outside John George MacLean`s house in Scarinish.
Outside John George MacLean`s house in Scarinish in the 1980s L-R: John MacKinnon (Iain Aonghais), Kilmoluaig; Hector Brown, Balevullin; Iain MacDonald, Balemartine; Archie MacArthur, Barrapol; Murdoch MacLean, Kilmoluaig; Iain MacFarlane, Hynish; Iain MacKinnon (Iain Aonghais` son), Kilmoluaig; Jeff Gladwell (Neebs).
