Video recording BB2 programme about Tiree houses broadcast in November 2003.
BBC2 programme in Gaelic with English subtitles about buildings in Tiree – An Turas, thatched and felt roofed houses, the old steading at the Glebe, nissen huts and the Scarinish lighthouse – featuring Mabel MacArthur of Sandaig, Flora MacPhail in Balevullin, Wilie MacLean of Balinoe, Cathy MacNeill and John George Maclean of Scarinish and John Fletcher of Balemartine.
Grinding stone.
Circular grinding stone (clach-linnean), 390 mm in diameter and 90 mm wide, with a metal axle, found in the shed opposite Port a` Mhuilinn, Hynish and possibly used by the workmen erecting Skerryvore lighthouse.
Black and white postcard of Scarinish harbour, postmarked in the 1930s.
Postcard of the `Mary Stewart` in Scarinish harbour with the lighthouse in the background, postmarked in the 1930s.
Video recording of Skerryvore and the Hynish complex.
(Track 2) Extract from BBC2`s `Restoration` programme with Griff Rhys Jones recorded on 29/8/2003 about Skerryvore lighthouse and the Hynish complex and featuring Monica Smith.
Brass wing nut from Skerryvore lighthouse.
Brass wing nut from a window at the top of Skerryvore lighthouse found on the rocks at the base of the lighthouse by contractor John MacKinnon in 1994 who was working there just before the lighthouse was automated.
Hardback book `Bright Lights` by Jean Leslie and Roland Paxton.
Family relevations by Jean Leslie, grand-daughter of Charles Stevenson and professional comment on engineering aspects by Professor Roland Paxton, with 128 illustrations.
Photocopied newspaper article about a fire at Skerryvore Lighthouse on 16-17/3/1954.
Article about a fire in Skerryvore Lighthouse on 16-17/3/1954 during which 500lbs of rocket gunpowder exploded and 200 gallons of parrafin in the basement ignited 3-4 tons of coal.
Photocopied newspaper article about the fire at Skerryvore Lighthouse.
Article about the fire at Skerryvore lighthouse and the escape of the three keepers.
Photocopied plan of Hynish Point showing the land proposed to be acquired for the Skerryvore Lighthouse workshops.
Map of Hynish Point dated 18/12/1837 showing the land proposed to be acquired for the Skerryvore Lighthouse workshops.
Photocopied extract from `A Star for Seamen` by Craig Mair, pp 147-161.
Account of the building of Skerryvore by Alan Stevenson.
