Black and white photograph of J. Brown with the dinghy `Spindrift` at Scarinish harbour.
J. Brown with the dinghy `Spindrift` at Scarinish harbour.
1997.148.42
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1997.142.2.1
Photocopied letter dated 1902 and a 1912 newspaper article about the boat slip at Balemartine.
(1) Letter from the fishermen of Balemartine dated 2/4/1902 to the County Clerk requesting assurances that the Council will maintain the boat slip at Balemartine once it is repaired, (2) newspaper article about donations made by the Duke of Argyll and Lord Archibald Campbell to the erection of the boat slip at Balemartine.
1997.142.3.2
Photocopied letters dated 1902 about damage and repair to the boat slip at Balephuill.
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2002.133.18
Black and white photograph of the smack `Mary & Effie` approaching Caoles harbour.
The smack `Mary & Effie` approaching Caoles harbour. (Original in Filing Cabinet 8 drawer1)
2002.133.21
Black and white photograph of Scarinish harbour.
Scarinish harbour.
2002.130.1
Black and white photograph of Scarinish.
Aerial view of Scarinish harbour and lighthouse, with the `Mary Stewart` at the extreme left. (Original in Filing Cabinet 8 drawer 1)
2000.10.26
Extract from John Knox’s Tour through the Highlands and the Hebrides in 1786
Transcription of an extract from ‘A Tour through the Highlands of Scotland and the Hebride Isles, in 1786’ by John Knox.
In 1786 the British Society for Extending the Fisheries sent John Knox to the north and west coasts of Scotland to prospect for new harbours and fishing grounds. During his visit to Tiree, he surveyed the coastline and concluded that Gott Bay was the most practicable place for a pier.
This was in line with the thinking of the Society’s Governor, the 5th Duke of Argyll, who over the previous fifteen years had encouraged settlement in a new fishing village at Scarinish by offering ‘a few years’ free possession of a house-room, two acres of arable and a cow’s grass.’
In 1793 the Duke again instructed the island’s Chamberlain to encourage his tenants to attend to the fishing. However, in a list of exports from Tiree in the following year there is still no mention of any fish being sent from the island.
The full publication is available to borrow from An Iodhlann: 2017.50.3
1999.11.13
Photocopied report by the Argyll County Council Piers Committee on proposed pier at Gott Bay.
Report by the Sub-Committee of the Piers Committee on the proposed pier at Gott Bay, Tiree, detailing costs, location, specifications, applications, dates and captains recommendations.
1997.47.1
Photocopy of book extract `Parish of Tiry` by Rev. Archibald McColl.
Description of the geography of Tiree, its wildlife, minerals, antiquities, climate, diseases, population, fuel, manufactures and fishery, livestock, agriculture, the character and customs of the people, the poor, schools, emigration, ferries, churches.
1997.48.1
Photocopy of book `Argyll Estates Instructions` 1771-1805 edited by Eric Cregeen.
The instructions given by John, the 5th Duke of Argyll to his Chamberlain in Mull and Morvern and his Chamberlain in Tiree with an introduction by Eric Cregeen.
Available to read online here: National Library of Scotland