Black and white photograph of the interior of one of the Kirkapol chapels.
Interior of the larger of the Kirkapol chapels, St Columba`s, showing excavated human bones to the right, taken in 2001.
2002.69.2
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2002.69.3
Black and white photograph of excavated human remains in one of the Kirkapol chapels.
Excavated human bones in the larger of the Kirkapol chapels, St Columba`s, taken in 2001.
2002.69.4
Black and white photograph from the interior of one of the Kirkapol chapels.
View of the old graveyard from the interior of the larger of the Kirkapol chapels, St Columba`s, taken in 2001.
2002.69.5
The chapel at Kilkenneth
Photograph of the ruins of the chapel at Kilkenneth in 2001
Courtesy of Rev. Robert Higham
The ruins of a small chapel dedicated to St Cainnech lie in the sand-dunes at Kilkenneth. Like the other remaining medieval chapels on Tiree, it was built from lime-mortared local rubble. Oblong in plan, it measures 8.7 by 3.1 metres within walls three-quarters of a metre thick.
The entrance is situated in the west gable-wall, of which a large part has collapsed. The chapel was lit by two slit-windows opposite each other in the side walls near the east end of the building.
The Statistical Account of 1794 records that at the chapel was ‘a burying ground so sandy, that, by blowing, heaps of human bones are seen, and coffins often exposed, before half consumed. It is now surrounded by sand banks higher than the side walls; they no longer bury there.’
Colour photograph of the Kilkenneth chapel in 2001.
The chapel at Kilkenneth, photographed in 2001.
2000.7.5
Article from unknown newspaper, date unknown, titled `Eriskay`.
Article about the `New Bishop`, Bishop Murray, whose great-grandmother came from Tiree.
2002.36.15
Hardback book `Minutes of the Synod of Argyll, 1639-1651.
Minutes of the Synod of Argyll.
2002.36.16
Hardback book `Minutes of the Synod of Argyll, 1652-1661`.
Minutes of the Synod of Argyll, 1652-1661.
2000.1.1
Laminated photocopy of Church of Scotland membership certificate, dated 14/8/1945.
Church of Scotland membership certificate, dated 14/8/45, given to donor`s father when in Changi POW camp, Singapore.
1999.11.4
Photocopy of handwritten `Jotting about Tyree` by John MacFarlane, Heylipol School.
Document detailing various aspects of Tyree life in 1873, written for the information of the Duchess of Argyll by the headmster of Heylipol School in 1873.
2002.28.11
Photograph of Rev Donald MacArthur baptising in Loch a` Phuill in the early 1920s.
Rev. Donald MacArthur baptising in Loch a` Phuill in the early 1920s.
