Map of Isle of Tiree 1768-9
Printout of scanned map of Tiree based on the map from Turnbull`s Report 1768-9 (map L5) on the status of farms of Tiree. Stored in map key folder and as PDF file on computer.
2010.58.1
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2010.58.2
Map of the Duke of Argyll`s Estate in Argyll, 1780
Printout of scanned map showing the Duke of Argyll`s Estate in Morvern and in the islands of Mull, Tiree, Coll and Lismore, circa 1780. Stored in Map Key folder and as PDF file on computer.
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2010.53.7
Admiralty chart sheet 111, 1867
Admiralty chart of west coast of Scotland from Mull of Kintyre to Ardnamurchan, including Tiree. Scale 1:177,000.
2010.53.32
An Deo-Grèine – The monthly magazine of An Comunn Gaidhealach, 1910
Green hardback bound collection of monthly magazines of An Comunn Gaidhealach for Oct. 1909 to Sept. 1910. Article on page 185 titled `Tiree and its Legends` in English by A.C.S.W.
2010.53.33
Book `The Celtic Monthly – A magazine for Highlanders` 1912
Green hardback book of bound monthly magazines `The Celtic Monthly` for the year 1912. Article titled `Tiree – the Sanatorium of the West` by J.C. on pages 168-169.
2010.53.40
Article in Gaelic `Taibhsearachd na Ruighe / Seer of the Reef` about Iain MacAilein’s premonitions. Written by Gordon Donald of Vaul and published in the Ossian magazine in 1982. See page 41.
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2009.139.1
Ordnance Survey map of Tiree 1871-75
Black and white photocopy of 1871-75 Ordnance Survey map of Tiree.
2009.145.1
Hand-written note in Gaelic about views of Tiree, with English translation
Image of page from old notebook (JPEG printed from internet). Hand-written notes about places that the author could see on Tiree. Accompanying handwritten notes give partial translation in English: “I saw Ben Hough… The two sides of Ben Kenavara and Ruaig, Caoles and… McNeill in Coll. I saw Skerryvore of the seals… and I saw Lochaphuil…”
2009.102.1
Booklet: “Local people, partnerships and rural sustainable development – a case study of Tiree”
Booklet reporting on Tiree as a case study of the historical, social and economic composition of a remote rural community and how future funding might accessed for continuing development. Research carried out by University of Strathclyde as part of a study into Conservation and Development in Sparsely Populated Areas.
2009.69.2
Hand-written translation of article from French surfing magazine about visit to Tiree
English translation of article in French surfing magazine by a French journalist about his/her visit to Tiree in 2007/8 (?) with Bruno `Lucky` Sroka, a wind-surfing champion. Waxes lyrical about Scotland in general and Tiree in particular. Hand-written translation by Sarah Holliday, Baugh.