Photocopied leaflet about the excavation of the broch at Vaul.
Leaflet giving information about early settlements on the site, the construction, use and later demolition of the broch and the material recovered.
2000.190.1
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1999.225.1
Photocopied journal extract about prehistoric pottery in the Western Isles by Patrick G. Topping.
A re-examination of the major pottery sites in the Western Isles including the broch at Vaul and the `hut` site at Balevullin.
2000.182.16
Photocopied poem `Prayer` by Alick MacCallum, Vaul.
Peom by Alick MacCallum of Vaul dated 14/6/1939.
2003.191.1
Paperback book `Towers in the North` by Ian Armit.
The current state of knowledge about brochs, the controversies over their origins and functions and an annotated list of the most accessible and well-preserved broch sites.
2003.184.15
Black and white photograph of a group of people relaxing outside Silversands in 1924.
Relaxing outside Silversands, from a small photograph album from Silversands in Vaul titled `1924`.
2003.184.16
Black and white photograph of a group of people relaxing on the beach at Silversands in 1924.
Enjoying the sunshine on the beach outside Silversands, from a small photograph album from Silversands in Vaul titled 1924.
2003.184.17
Young children at Silversands in Vaul in 1924
Photograph of two young children at Silversands in Vaul in 1924.
Courtesy of Mr Ronnie MacLean
Sarah MacMillan and Morag MacIntyre of Silversands in Vaul regularly took in summer visitors who left a record of their holidays in a number of small handmade photograph albums. This photograph of two young children is from an album dated 1924.
The children are playing in front of a water butt which collected rain from the roof and would supplement the well water. An outdoor WC can be seen in the background. This almost certainly contained a pail under a plank of wood with a circular hole. Each time it was used, sand was added to pail. The housewife would have the job of burying the contents every day.
Septic tanks were introduced in the thirties and forties. They were flushed with water from a large tank in the outhouse roof which was filled daily by hand pump.
Black and white photograph of two small children playing at Silversands in 1924.
Two small children playing by the water butt at Silversands in 1924. Note the outside WC.
2003.184.18
Black and white photograph of Sarah MacMillan (1856-1948) at Silversands in 1927.
Sarah (Marion) MacMillan 1856-1948, the sister of Ronnie MacLean`s grandfather, from a small photograph album from Silversands in Vaul titled `1927`.
2003.184.20
Black and white photograph of Hugh MacIntyre.
Hugh MacIntyre 1856-1932, father of Morag (see photos B129 & B131) and brother-in-law of Sarah MacMillan (see photo B191), from a small photograph album from Silversands in Vaul titled ‘1927’.
2003.184.21
Sarah MacMillan, Hugh and Morag MacIntyre
Photograph of Sarah MacMillan, Hugh and Morag MacIntyre at Silversands in Vaul in 1827.
Courtesy of Mr Donald Brown
Sarah MacMillan (front right) is pictured with her niece Morag behind her and Morag’s father Hugh MacIntyre outside Silversands in Vaul in 1927. Besides running the shop attached to the house and looking after her aged aunt, Morag also took in visitors during the summer months.
The shop was used as an assembly point for Scottish Airways passengers when the planes landed on Gott Bay beach before 1939. Morag also acted as secretary of the Vaul Golf Club, and players had to pay their green fees to her. A map of the course was on her shop wall.
She never had a bank account and paid all her suppliers by Postal Order purchased at Ruaig Post Office. The shop closed around 1960 after serving the community for almost one hundred years.
Black and white photograph of a group of people outside Silversands in 1927.
Outside Silversands in Vaul in 1927. L-R: (back) unknown; Hugh MacIntyre (1856-1932); his daughter Morag (1897-1967); (front) unknown; Sarah MacMillan (1856-1948), Hugh`s sister-in-law and Morag`s aunt.