Thatching hook found on top of a wall at Silversands, Vaul.
2005.125.1
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2005.107.1
Iron Age strike-a-light.
Palm-sized round brown pebble with deep straight grooves on both sides. An Iron Age multifunctional tool: the grooves were used as a ‘strike-a-light’, the edges for hammering, and the flat surfaces for rubbing hide. Found near the top of Dun Mor, Vaul, on 27th July 2005 by holiday-maker Kenny Nelson. It may also have been used by sail-makers for sharpening their needles.
2005.62.1
Poem in English written by donor`s father, John MacKinnon from Rhum View.
Poem in English written by John MacKinnon from Rhum View, Vaul, in the late 1960s or early 1970s about Tiree.
2000.162.1
Audio cassette recording of a lecture about brochs given by Dr Euan Mackie in Vaul Golf Clubhouse in July 2000.
Recording of a lecture illustrated with slides given by Dr Euan Mackie in Vaul Golf Clubhouse in July 2000. Dr Mackie talks about the construction and architectural features of brochs across Scotland, the deterioration of many sites and current theories about their evolution from earlier structures. Their uses as defensive structures or as housing for an elite are discussed in a short Q&A session.
2005.26.1
Flint found Dun Mor, Vaul by Katinka Stentoft in February 2005.
Flint found in area of cattle trample east of Dun Mor, Vaul (NM 04349 49206) by Katinka Stentoft on 28th February 2005.
2004.218.2
Colour aerial photograph of Vaul golf course taken in the summer of 2004 by Jane Phillis.
Vaul golf course in the summer of 2004. © Jane Phillis (HD 152 10).
2004.212.1
1914-18 War Medal for the Mercantile Marine.
1914-18 War Medal for the Mercantile Marine with ribbon and envelope with instructions how to wear it, owned by John MacArthur of the Neuk, Vaul.
2004.212.2
Authority to wear war medals for the Mercantile Marine.
Authority to wear war medals for the Mercantile Marine issued to John MacArthur of the Neuk, Vaul on 30/9/1926.
2004.205.1
Mini-disk recording of Elsa Campbell and Jane Allan talking to Dr John Holliday in Vaul in December 2004.
Elsa Campbell and Jane Allan of Vaul talk to Dr John Holliday in December 2004 about their memories of coming to Tiree on holiday from 1947 onwards, the ferry and plane, ceilidhs and board and lodgings in Vaul and Heanish.
2000.95.1
Harry Kelly talking about Catriona McKinnon of Vaul
Sound clip in English of Harry Kelly talking about Catriona MacKinnon of Vaul.
Courtesy of Mr Harry Kelly
Former chemistry teacher Harry Kelly of Glasgow was recorded in April 2000 talking to Dr John Holliday about the time he spent in the early 1960s as a volunteer at the excavation of the Iron Age broch at Vaul.
When his tent was washed out by rain soon after his arrival, Harry was offered lodgings by Catriona MacKinnon of Rhum View in Vaul. Catriona was a mine of information about life on Tiree in the 1930s.
Much to Harry’s surprise, she had made her own pottery from local clay and dyed cloth with lichens. In this clip, Harry talks about the method she used to make pots.