Ordnance Survey map sheet LXIV.10.
Map of the Hough/Kilmoluaig area at a scale of 25 inches to the mile (1:2,500).
1997.214.6
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2002.77.5
Postcard of Balephetrish.
View from Balephetrish hill looking towards Kennavara and Ben Hough.
1997.60.1
Photocopied newspaper article `The Island of Tiree` by A MacLean Sinclair
Newspaper article by A MacLean Sinclair containing three stories of Tiree: (1) How Neil MacFadyen and Donald MacLean were seized by the crew of a French brig and forced to pilot the ship to Lochnanuagh where Prince Charlie and 130 of his followers embarked for France, (2) An attempt to trace the ancestry of Dr James MacLean of Balephuill from Hector Roy, ninth laird of Coll, (3) Biographical information about the Rev. John Sinclair from the Gott area.
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1997.61.1
Photocopied newspaper article `Faidhean is faidhean-breige` by Niall M. Brownlie.
Article in Gaelic about seers and prophets, in particular John MacLean (iain Mac Eachainn Bhain) of Hough.
1997.61.2
Handwritten translation into English of article in the Scotsman `Faidhean is faidhean-breige` by Niall Brownlie.
English translation of article in the Scotsman (1997.61.1) about the prophet John MacLean of Hough.
1997.54.1
Photocopied book extract `List of Inhabitants of Tyree and their Age in September 1779` edited by Eric Cregeen.
The inhabitants listed by township and family.
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1997.51.1
Photocopied extracts from book `Witchcraft & Second Sight in the Highlands & Islands of Scotland` by John Gregorson Campbell.
Tales and traditions collected entirely from oral sources by John Gregorson Campbell, minister of Tiree from 1861-91.
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
1997.26.4
Photocopy of a letter 6/1/1979 from Joan Woodcock to the minister on Tiree re the wreck of the `Artuoise`(Artoise).
The sailing ship `Artuoise` was wrecked on Tiree in 1830 and her master, Owen Edwards, drowned and was buried on the island. The writer of the letter who is either the great-grand-daughter or great-great-niece of the master is enquiring about records of the burial. The crew of the Artuoise were buried near Dun Hanais south of Craiginnis behind Ben Hough.
1997.27.2
Information and maps of the Hough area, 1768-1805
(1) Extract from `Inhabitants of the Argyll Estate, 1779`, ed. Eric Cregeen, 1963, p139 : Index of Places. (2) Partial map 1768-9 showing Hough area extracted from `Argyll Estate Instructions, 1771-1805` ed. Eric Cregeen, 1964. (3) Hough area from O/S map NL 94 NW.