Black & white photograph of a plan of a section of elevation of the Broch of Mousa, Shetland, and a broch in Glenelg, from an unidentified publication. Re-photographed by archaeologist George Holleyman FSA when he was stationed at RAF Tiree during WWII. Scanned from one of his glass lantern slides now held at An Iodhlann (see 2017.54.4).
Tag Archives: shetland
2017.54.15
Black & white photograph of the ground plan of the Broch of Mousa, Shetland, from an unidentified publication. Re-photographed by archaeologist George Holleyman FSA when he was stationed at RAF Tiree during WWII. Scanned from one of his glass lantern slides now held at An Iodhlann (see 2017.54.4).
2015.30.1
Collection of 12 academic papers (1984-2013) about Vikings in the Hebrides including information on Norse names in Barra, the Hebrides and the N Atlantic area, Viking silver and gold artefacts, migration to the Inner Hebrides, Norse and Gaelic ancestry by DNA analysis, genetic evidence in Shetland and Orkney, colonization of the N. Atlantic, ethnicity, the Vikings in Gaelic oral tradition.
2014.16.1
Map of inhabited islands of Scotland in 1991
Map of Scotland showing the number of inhabitants on each of its islands, where the population numbered 5 or more in 1991.
2013.77.1
Book `The Carrying Stream Flows On`, 2013
Softback book celebrating the Diamond Jubilee of the School of Scottish Studies in Edinburgh, containing contributions by scholars at an international conference held in Shetland in 2011.
2009.44.6
Book “Fishing, Fishermen, Fish Merchants and Curers in Shetland”
Softback book “Fishing, Fishermen, Fish Merchants and Curers in Shetland” by James R. Coull. Collection of magazine articles about the Shetland fishing industry compiled into one book, tracing its history from the mid 18th century to the mid 20th century.