Extract from a report about iron ore resources in Britain during WWII
Photocopied extract of a report about wartime investigations into the the iron ore resources on Tiree. Extracted from a full report about the ihaematite and manganese ore resources of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 1913-1941.
Paper on mineral exploration in the Scottish Highlands and Islands, 1997
Photocopied extract about mineral exploration on Tiree, from a larger report on mineral exploration in Scotland.
Paper about iron ore deposits on Tiree, 1949
Photocopy of a paper about an investigation of magnetite (iron ore) deposits in Tiree particularly one that runs from Loch a` Phuill to Loch Bhasapol.
Collection of pieces of iron slag and pottery fragments
Two pieces of iron slag (lumps of residue from iron smelting), the rim of an iron pot and four pieces of pottery found in Balevullin machair in 2010, indicating that iron was being made on Tiree in Iron Age times. Found 100m north of Fiona MacKinnon`s house by Dr John Holliday. Thought to be the first evidence of Iron Age metal working from Tiree. The pottery may have been used as crucibles to melt iron ore, which is available on the island.
Leaflet/flier for “Chocolates and Charms” gift shop, Heylipol, 2008
Glossy colour leaflet/flier for new gift shop “Chocolates and Charms” which opened in 2005 in a converted shed at Taigh a` Chiobair, Heylipol. Chocolates made by Joanna Vale, silver jewellery made by Rebecca Wright.
Brass ‘primus’ blow lamp from Donald Brown`s house at Vaul.
Colour photograph of old forge tools from Tufthill Farm in East Cape, South Africa.
Old tools used to shape metal in the smiddie at Tufthill Farm in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Clydesdale horse shoe made by Donald MacIntyre of Gott.
Clydesdale horse shoe made by Donald MacIntyre of Gott in 2001 to bring luck to new extension to An Iodhlann. Donald has the last working smiddy on Tiree.
Strike-a-light.
Hand-held steel striker used to produce a spark from a flint which would hopefully ignite brown paper dampened with water and sprinkled with sulphur or saltpetre. Made in a local smiddy, it was used by pipe smokers in the 1940s when matches were scarce.
Audio cassette recording of Janet Wilson of Cornaigbeg talking to Dr John Holliday in September 1998.
Janet Wilson talks to Dr John Holliday in September 1998 about annual holiday to Tiree during the Glasgow Fair, being met by a horse and cart, the entertainment during the Fair fortnight, the people of Cornaigbeg and their genealogy, the smiddy, wartime activities, identity cards and food coupons, dances, the arrival of the first plane in Tiree, ceilidhs and how law-abiding the RAF personnel were.
