Township history for Gott and Earnal researched and written by Hector MacPhail.
Information about prominent families in Gott and Earnal – MacLeans, MacKinnons, MacIntyres and MacDonalds.
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1998.44.4
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1998.44.5
Township history for Scarinish researched and written by Hector MacPhail.
Information about smacks and schooners owned in Tiree, Scarinish pier, the Scarinish MacLeans, MacDonalds and MacFadyens, and master mariners.
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1999.129.1
Black and white photograph of Balephetrish pier.
Balephetrish pier constructed during WWII so that barges could unload materials for the aerodrome.
1999.129.3
Black and white photograph of servicemen in a dinghy at Gott Bay pier during WWII.
Servicemen in a dinghy at Gott Bay pier during WWII.
2003.18.32
Black and white photograph of the `Claymore` at Gott Bay pier.
The `Claymore` at Gott Bay pier, photographed by Morton Boyd in the late 1950s.
2000.22.2
Gott Bay pier
Postcard of Gott Bay pier.
Courtesy of Mrs Maggie Campbell
The original pier at Gott Bay, built between 1909 and 1913, extended nearly 240 metres into the bay. Several aspects of the first design were altered. The planned iron and timber viaduct was abandoned and substituted with reinforced concrete construction.
Access to the low-water slip was moved from the centre of the pier-head to the back. This led under the pier to the main deck of the boat and was used for loading animals. The pier-head itself was built on timber piles.
The piles arrived on the island with square ends and were sharpened to a point by a Swedish carpenter using an axe. When the axe broke, Lachie MacKinnon (Lachlan Mac Eòghainn Ruaidh), a boat-builder in Vaul, took over the job using an adze until a new axe was available.
Black and white postcard of Gott Bay pier.
Gott Bay pier.
2002.194.6
Three colour postcards of views of Tiree.
Three colour postcards – an aerial view of Scarinish, sheep at Gott Bay pier and Scarinish harbour.
2002.188.5
Photocopied letter from the factor Hugh MacDiarmid dated 22/11/1898.
Letter from the factor Hugh MacDiarmid dated 22/11/1898 about a deputation coming to see the Duke about the pier in Tiree.
2002.188.10
Photocopied letter from the factor Hugh MacDiarmid dated 10/10/1898.
Letter from the factor Hugh MacDiarmid dated 10/10/1898 to the Duke`s chamberlain about a deputuation from Tiree to see the Duke about a proposed pier in Gott Bay.
1997.233.2
Audio cassette recording of Duncan MacPhee talking to Reg Knapman.
Duncan MacPhee talks to Reg Knapman about the Customs & Excise, smuggling, brewing and shebeens, methods of building, Captain Robert Nisbet of Heanish, Captain Donald MacKinnon of the `Taeping`, the Home Guard, HMS Sturdy, the history of Scarinish piers, his family, the ferry service before the pier, Niall and Iain Alainn, Lady Victoria Campbell and Lord Ash, Lady Ferguson and Miss Gibb, the Dukes of Argyll, Tiree boat building, superstitions and some old stories.