Tag Archives: natural features

1999.253.3

Photocopied newspaper article about a visit to Tiree by George E. Meston in 1935.

Article about Tiree with paragraphs about the ferry and freight services, golf, the beaches, snipe shooting and bird watching, the lochs, air ambulance, the coal boats, wireless sets in Balemartine, Soroby graveyard and the Skerryvore workshops at Hynish.

1999.195.2

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.

1999.178.1

Report by Dr Alistair Dawson `Assessment of Landform Changes in Dune/Machair Systems of Coll and Tiree`.

Report consisting of field observations in 1999 of coastal regions in Tiree and Coll compared with aerial photographs taken in 1994 and O/S maps of 1878.

1999.191.31

Scottish Natural Heritage report No. 96 (Vol 1 of 3): `Sand dune vegetation survey of Scotland: Western Isles – Volume 1: Main Report` by T Dargie.

Results of the 1988, 1995 and 1996 surveys of the dunes and machair of the Western Isles, describing the methods used and the major vegatation types found.

1999.191.32

Scottish Natural Heritage report No. 124 (Vol 1 of 3): `Sand dune vegetation survey of Scotland: Inner Hebrides – Volume 1: Main Report` by T Dargie.

Results of the 1996 and 1997 surveys of the dunes and machair of the Inner Hebrides, describing the methods used and the major vegatation types found.