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.
2000.95.2
Audio cassette recording of Dr Euan Mackie talking to Dr John Holliday in April 2000.
Dr Euan Mackie, Honorary Research Fellow of the Hunterian Museum at the University of Glasgow talks to Dr John Holliday in April 2000 about his career in archaeology, the excavation of Dùn Mòr at Vaul 1962-1964, daily life on the dig, his work as director, the changes in thinking of British archaeologists since the 1960s, the history of the occupation of the broch and the likelihood of Stone Age occupation of Tiree. (Continues on AC213)