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2022.35.3

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Digitised copy of a stone rubbing, undated. Below a foliated cross and flanked by plant scrolls is a two handed sword of the type known as a claymore. The quillons of the claymore end in quatrefoil and there are slight traces of decoration on the scabbard. This stone has the earliest known representation of a claymore (Monumental Sculpture by Steer & Bannerman). The grave is located in Kirkapol, in the little graveyard (An Cladh Beag). A record for this grave is available on the Tiree Graves website. The rubbing comes from Lord Archibald Campbell’s collection of monument rubbings.

From the archives of the Dukes of Argyll at Inveraray Castle, made available through the Written in the Landscape project.

2022.35.2

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Digitised copy of a stone rubbing, undated. Shows a galley with a furled sail and below that two pairs of opposed beasts, surrounded by an overall pattern of plant scroll ornament and an interlaced design. Above the rubbing is a partial rubbing, showing a long oblong mark and an interlaced design. The grave is located in Kirkapol, in the little graveyard (An Cladh Beag). A record for this grave is available on the Tiree Graves website, which describes the design as being from the Iona School, 14th-16th century. The rubbing comes from Lord Archibald Campbell’s collection of monument rubbings.

From the archives of the Dukes of Argyll at Inveraray Castle, made available through the Written in the Landscape project.

2021.54.74

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Transcript of a medical report written by George Black and Alexander Buchanan at the request of the Procurator Fiscal in Tobermory in 1870. Black (Surgeon in Tobermory) and Buchanan (Surgeon in Tiree) give details on the exhumation of the body of Alexander MacArthur of Scarinish from the burial ground at Soroby. The report contains details on the condition of the body, as well as cause of death.

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From the liveArgyll Archives in Lochgilphead, made available through the Written in the Landscape project.

2022.1.2

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Small black & white photograph of a memorial stone dedicated to John MacKechnie ‘Master Mariner’ (1861-1916), his son Malcolm MacKechnie (16 months) and daughter Margaret MacKechnie (5 years). Erected by their wife and mother Margaret MacKinnon. The trees in the background suggest that it is not in Tiree.

2021.54.88

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Transcript of Inventory of Precognition regarding the bodies of twelve men found washed ashore in Crossapol on the Isle of Coll on 16 December 1873. The men were the crew of the Sultan of London, a barque which was wrecked at Crossapol on 15 December 1873. The bodies were found by Lawrance Cowan (son of and residing with Charles Cowan, Crossapol).

The crew consisted of: P L Greig (Captain), James Crookshank (32, Huntley), J Edwards (30 Philadelphia), F Devon (30 Belgium), George Messerney (49 Jersey), John James (30 Jersey), Carl Frytag (41 Jersey), Frederick Nelson (35, Ireland), John B Smith (38, Virginia), Daniel Byrom (25, Sweden), Carl [Wilcher or Witchen?] (20, Sweden), William Benjamin McCoy (18, Manchester), William Richards (18, Ardwick), John Foy or Fry (30, Limerick).

The transcript contains descriptions of tattoos found on five of the bodies, and mentions their burial at Crossapol graveyard.

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From the liveArgyll Archives in Lochgilphead, made available through the Written in the Landscape project.

 

2021.50.4

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Digitised outline copy of the Plan of Ballimartin, Tyree, as divided into crofts by George Langlands, 1802. The township is divided into 38 crofts of 4-5 acres each, laid out in a grid pattern, with two areas of common cow pasture and one area of common horse pasture. Total acreages given. The location of a burial place is shown near the march with Ballino Lands.

From the archives of the Dukes of Argyll at Inveraray Castle, made available through the Written in the Landscape project.

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