Copy of letter dated 8/3/2004 to Katinka Stentoft from Alasdair Sinclair of Brock.
Information about Norse settlements of Tiree and difficulties in identifying them: the effects of wind-blown sand on the landscape, the scarcity of stone for building, the frequent winter flooding and the need for ditching, and the road-building programme during World War II (with three pages of photocopied photos). (For Katinka Stentoft`s settlement survey see 2004.40.1)
Paperback book `An Introduction to Old Norse` by E. V. Gordon.
Representative selection of excerpts in prose and verse, the entire `Hrafnkels saga freysgoda`, a grammar and glossary.
Paperback book `The Archaeology of Argyll` edited by Graham Ritchie.
The history of Argyll traced through its monuments from the Stone Age through the arrival of the Scots and the Norsemen.
Paperback book `Orkneyinga Saga` translated by Hermann Palsson and Paul Edwards.
Transaltion of a medieval chronicle describing the conquest of the Northern Isles by the kings of Norway and the subsequent history of the Earls of Orkney.
Paperback book `The Lewis Chessmen` by Neil Stratford.
Illustrated account of the find of the Lewis Chessmen in 1831.
De-accessioned 21.3.2026.
Paperback book `Viking Scotland` by Anna Ritchie.
Where the Vikings came from, what they encountered in Scotland, how they interacted with the natives and the longer term effects of Scandinavian settlement.
De-accessioned 21.3.2026.
Paperback book `Vikings in Scotland` by James Graham-Campbell and Colleen E. Batey.
An archaeological survey of the Vikings in Scotland. Signed by Dr Colleen Batey in October 2016: “Best wishes to An Iodhlann – happy hunting for the Norse on Tiree!”
Audio cassette recording of David MacClounnan of Balephuil talking to John Donald MacLean in February 1998.
David MacClounnan (Dàibhidh na Croige) of Balephuil talks to John Donald MacLean (Teòn Dòmhnall a’ Mhuilinn) about fishing for cod and herring, drying fish, the fishing smacks of West Hynish, the construction of the thatched house in Bail’ Ur and their owners, old stories about fairies, the Old New Year, gathering seafood, the piper who went into the cave at Kennavara, a water diviner, place-names in East and West Hynish, the Norsemen, World War I and Skerryvore. Tha Dàibhidh na Croige a Baile Phuill a’ bruidhinn ri Teòn Dòmhnall a’ Mhuilinn mu iasgach truisg agus sgadan, tiormachadh èisg, bàtaichean èisg nan Cuiltean, na taighean-tugha a chaidh a thogail anns a’ Bhail’ Ùr agus na daoine a bu leis iad, seann naidheachdan mu shìthichean, an t-seann Bliadhna Ùr, a’ cruinneachadh biadh-cladaich, am pìobair a chaidh a steach don uaimh aig Ceann a’ Bhara, fàistinneach-uisge, ainmeannan-aite ann am Ear ’s ann Iar Haoidhnis, na Lochlannaich, a’ Cheud Chogadh agus an Sgeir Mhòr.
Audio cassette recording of a Gaelic Radio interview with Niall Brownlie of Barrapol in January 1998.
Radio interview with Niall Brownlie of Barrapol talking about his bilingual book Township and Echoes, the Viking influence on place-names, the difficulty of translating poems and songs into English, Tiree bards, conservation orders, early religion, St Columba and the churches on Tiree, the airport, links with Barra and World War II, Tiree seers and songs he himself has written.
Wooden case containing 66 pottery shards.
Wooden case (550 x 325 mm) containing 66 pottery shards collected by George Holleyman from a sand-hill site at Balevullin during 1941-3. Documented on E00033. Reviewed by Dr Euan MacKie in summer 2000 (see 2000.167). Items further identified by Dr Ewan Campbell, Senior Lecturer in Archaeology in Glasgow, in July 2018: Norse ‘platter; early medieval; 16th-18th century.
