Book ‘The Viking World’ by James Graham-Campbell, 2013. Authoritative update on a previous edition of the same title, based on recent archaeological research, with a new chapter on ships, shipwrights and seamen.
2015.30.4
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2015.30.3
Book ‘The Viking Ship’ by Gareth Williams, 2014. The evolution of the design of the Vikings’ sea-going vessels, their uses and as icons.
2015.24.2
Handwritten letter from Gerald Stock dated 10/2/98, concerning Duncan MacLean who was killed during a German U-boat attack on the SS Scottish Monarch in WWI, and whose parents lived at Gott. Mr Stock was put in touch with Les Crawte, Milton, who produced the Tiree Roll of Honour.
2014.41.1
Annotated OS map of Coll and Tiree, 1947-1951
1947 Ordnance Survey map of Coll and Tiree used by David Renfrew (Glasgow) during a visit to Tiree with his girlfriend and her parents in 1951. The map is annoted with straight lines and crosses for “ship 1”, “ship 2” and “ship 3” across the sea between Tiree, Coll and the Treshnish Isles, the purpose of which are unknown.
2014.37.1
Book `Scotland and the Slave Trade`, 2007
Softback booklet produced by the Scottish Executive to commemorate the 2007 bicentenary of the abolition of the Slave Trade Act.
De-accessioned 1.3.2026.
2014.27.1
Ship`s gimballed binnacle compass ca 1930s
Gimballed binnacle compass mounted on a wooden board. It would originally have been mounted in the ship`s wheelhouse. Made by Dobbie McInnes 1902-1937, but probably used in the 1930s. Unknown provenance (found in a cupboard in Tiree High School in 2014).
2014.6.1
Lloyds Register of Ships 1954 to 1982
Five large hardback books from the Lloyds Register of Ships, dating from 1954 to 1982 (incomplete).
2014.6.2
Lloyds Register of Ships 1982-1986
Four large hardback books from the Lloyds Register of Ships, dating from 1982 to 1986.
2013.167.1
Small brass and glass paraffin lamp that was probably hooked onto the side of the clock on the bridge of a ship. From the estate of Angus MacLean, The Coolins, Scarinish.
2013.120.1
Wood and crocodile skin sea chest from Australia
Sea chest made of wood and crocodile skin owned by Dugald MacKinnon, Heanish (Dughall an Oir, b.1840), who brought it back from Australia.
