Colour photograph of Charlie Self`s thatched house in Kilmoluaig taken in April 2004.
The doorway of Charlie Self`s thatched house in Kilmoluaig photographed by Dr John Holliday in April 2004. The house was renovated by Charlie himself.
Two documents relating to the development of the Tank Farm at Scarinish.
Two Argyll & Bute Council Planning Application Reports relating to the development of the Tank Farm at Scarinish: Agenda Item 4e dated 12/2/2004 and Supplementary Report No 1 dated 15/4/2004.
Copy of letter dated 8/3/2004 to Katinka Stentoft from Alasdair Sinclair of Brock.
Information about Norse settlements of Tiree and difficulties in identifying them: the effects of wind-blown sand on the landscape, the scarcity of stone for building, the frequent winter flooding and the need for ditching, and the road-building programme during World War II (with three pages of photocopied photos). (For Katinka Stentoft`s settlement survey see 2004.40.1)
Hardback book `Landscape with Lake Dwellings` by Ian Morrison.
The results of a survey of crannogs in Loch Awe and Tay and a re-interpretation of 19th and 20th century excavations.
Paperback book `The Archaeology of Skye and the Western Isles` by Ian Armit.
The hsitory of human settlement in Skye and the Western Isles from the first hunter-gatherers to the Clearances, based on the results of new excavations and surveys and reassessments of earlier work.
Paperback book `Brochs of Scotland` by J. N. G. Ritchie.
Description of some of the Iron Age brochs of Scotland.
De-accessioned 21.3.2026.
Paperback book `Highland Folk Ways` by I. F. Grant.
The sequences of adjustment that have taken place in the lives of Scottish Highland people in response to great social and economic pressures and the tenacity with which the influence of the ancient and distinctive social organisation of the Highlands has persisted. For references to Tiree see pages 16 and 106.
Audio cassette recording of BBC Reidio nan Gaidheal programme about a ceilidh in the Scarinish Hotel in 2001.
Recording of BBC Rèidio nan Gàidheal programme about a ceilidh in the Scarinish Hotel in 2001 with (side A) Kenneth MacIver and Morag MacDonald talking to John MacKinnon about Skerryvore lighthouse and renovating the Hynish complex, Catriona Campbell about the Kirkapol chapels, the local churches and the Trudgers’ Walk and Hugh MacLean about the Tiree bards; (side B) Grace MacKinnon sings Leaving Lismore, John Campbell sings Fàgail Braigh Bhalla, Angus MacPhails plays the accordion as do the Cornaigbeg Ceilidh Band, Bernie Smith sings Buain an Rannoch and Kenneth MacIver chats to Flora MacLean, Fiona Brown and Mary Brown. Clàr BBC Rèidio nan Gàidheal program mu chèilidh anns an Taigh-òsda Sgairinis ann an 2001 (taobh A) le Coinneach ’ic Iomhair agus Mòrag Dhòmhnallach a’ bruidhinn ri Iain ’ic Fhionghain mu Thaigh Solais na Sgeir Mhòr agus thogalaichean Haoidhnis, ri Catrìona Chaimbeul mu na caibealan ann an Circeabol, na h-eaglaisean ionadail agus cuairt nan ‘Trudgers’, agus ri Eòghann Mhic’Ill’Eathainn mu na Bàird Thirisdich; (taobh B) tha Giorsal Nic Fhionghain a’ seinn Fàgail Lios Mòr, Iain Caimbeul a’ seinn Fàgail Bràigh Bhalla, Aonghas Mac Phàil a’ cluich am bocsa-ciùil cho mar ri Chòmhlan-ciùil Chòrnaig Bhige, Bernie Mac a’ Ghobhainn a’ seinn Buain an Raithneach agus Coinneach ’ic Iomhair a’ còmhradh ri Fionnghal Nic’Ill’Eathainn, Fionnghal Nic’IlleDhuinn agus Màiri Nic’IlleDhuinn.
Paperback book `Thatch and Thatching Techniques`.
Guidance on the care and conservation of thatched buildings.
Paperback book `The Hebridean Blackhouse`.
Guide to materials, construction and mintenance of Hebridean blackhouses.
