Township history for Caoles researched and written by Hector MacPhail.
Information about prominent people and places in Caoles – Caoles smiddy, Neil MacDonald, Calum MacDonald, corn mill at Milton, master mariners, ministers, bards, the Camerons of Miodar, the MacDonalds of Milton, emigrants, the MacLeans of Caoles, An Acarsaid, Lonamar.
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Brass artillery shell casing dated 1941 found in 2014 amongst the belongings of the late Les Crawte in ‘Windrush’, Milton, his last home on Tiree. Engraved on the bottom: LOT1 EOC 1941 [symbols x3] 12Pr 12CW[remainder obscured].
Emailed information, photographs and query about medals and portrait of Hugh Archie MacArthur of Milton, Caoles, in uniform during WW2. The framed portrait hung in the house of the enquirer’s parents in Gloucestershire for many years, having been found in a local junk shop. How the shop came by it is unknown.
Archaeological Monitoring report for the Tiree water main rehabilitation scheme, 2012
Report to Scottish Water following archaeological investigations of sites for new water mains pipes at West Hynish, Balephuil, Heylipol, Crossapol, Ruaig, Brock, Milton and Caoles.
Photograph of Alasdair Sinclair, Brock, and his brother Iain in 2006.
Colour photograph of Alasdair Sinclair, Brock (1923-2009) standing with his brother Iain at Dùn Mor a` Chaolais, Tiree, on 14/09/2006. (Original stored in filing cabinet 9 drawer 4)
Letter from the Duke of Argyll to Les Crawte, Milton, 1998
Photocopy of a framed, typed letter from the Duke of Argyll to Mr Les Crawte, Milton, congratulating him on his `stunning achievement` (production of a booklet of the Roll of Honour for WWII), dated 10th March 1998. The framed letter was found in his house in Milton when it was being cleared out by the new owners in 2011.
OS 1:10,000 map of Vaul and Caoles 1976/7
Folded and damaged copy of 1976/7 1:10,000 Ordnance Survey map of Vaul, Salum, Caoles, Milton, Brock, Ruaig and Kirkapol showing contour lines, roads and paths, boundaries, townships and buildings, bridges and cattle grids, rivers and drains, sites of antiquities, vegetation and rock features. Duplicate archive item.
Ordnance Survey map sheet LXV
Map of the eastern areas of Tiree from Baugh in the south to the Ringing Stone in the north, at a scale of 6 inches to the mile (1:10,560).
Ordnance Survey map sheet LXV.7
Map of the Milton area at a scale of 25 inches to the mile (1:2,500).
Programme for a sculpture trail in Milton in 1996
Coloured programme and poster for “Sculptures in Water”, an exhibition trail of sculptures by international artists at Milton in July-August 1996. Organised by Tiree Art Enterprises and featuring work by Derek Wolstencroft, Milton.
