Three geological photographs taken at Baugh beach, Tiree by Dr William Welstead
presented in An Iodhlann’s first display of Tiree pebbles during 2024 – 2026, which developed and became a permanent exhibition in 2026
folded gneiss and amphibolite
strike-slip fault
erratic hexagonal columnar basalt
Hardback book:
Writings on Geology and Mineralogy. Scientific Papers and Comments.
By Ananda K Coomaraswamy. Ed: A Ranganathan & K Srinivasa Rao
Includes observations on Tiree marble. pp 132-148
Paperback book:
A Description of the Western Islands of Scotland, Including the Isle of Man: Comprising an Account of Their Geological Structure: with Remarks On Their Agriculture, Scenery, and Antiquities, Volume 1
by John Macculloch
Reference to Tiree pp 23 – 56 and Coll pp 57 – 69
Two coloured charts mapping the sea bed around (1) Tiree and Coll, and (2) Barra Head and Skerryvore. They were produced by the German authorities during WWII to enable their U-boats to navigate in these areas.
British Geological Survey map of bedrock geology in the northern UK, 2007, scale 1:625000.
Academic paper ‘Pyroxenes, amphibole, and mica from the Tiree marble’ by AF Hallimond and CO Harvey, 1947. Reprinted from the Mineralogical Magazine of London.
Bound softback report ‘The Beaches of Northern Inner Hebrides’ by A. S. Mather, J. S. Smith and W. Ritchie of the Department of Geography, University of Aberdeen, 1975. Inventory of beach resources of Tiree, Coll, the Small Isles, and Skye, outlining the composition and characteristic of each. Chapter 2 is about Tiree. Signed at the front “In memory of Elizabeth and Mary Robertson, Glebe House, Gott. Donated [to An Iodhlann] by their sister Janice. January 2017”
See 1998.166.1 for a separate photocopy of chapters 1 & 2, and Appendices.
University assignment ‘The Isle of Tiree: One of a Kind’ written in 2013 by Leanne Piper, University of Guelph, Canada, who is descended from emmigrants John MacKinnon (1816-1896) and Grace Campbell (b.1811), Cornaigbeg. Includes information on geography, crofting history, geology, the kelp industry and architecture.
Click here to view 2016.14.1
Bag of 6 iron-rich rock fragments collected from Barrapol in 2015.
Book ‘Island Memories’ by John Wilson Dougal, 1937. Compiled from a collection of papers and articles written by the author about his geological excursions around the Hebridean islands during 1905-1928.
De-accessioned 26.2.2026.
