Island: Tiree and Coll
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Benchmarks
‘Ordnance Survey Bench marks (BMs) are survey marks made by Ordnance Survey to record height above Ordnance Datum. If the exact height of one BM is known, the exact height of the next can be found by measuring the difference in heights, through a process of spirit levelling. Most commonly, the BMs are found on buildings or other semi-permanent features. Although the main network is no longer being updated, the record is still in existence and the markers will remain until they are eventually destroyed by redevelopment or erosion.’ (Benchmark locator website)
Benchmarks are marked by an arrow on the OS 25-inch maps (1878 1st edition. Numerous marks are shown on the maps, but few survive. A thorough survey of the two islands would be good.Type: ArtefactIsland: Tiree and Coll -
Oldest peat samples from Coll and Tiree
1. Coll 9210 BP (Wicks, 2012, p. 37)
2. Tiree 9474 years +/- 32 years BP (Jim Hill)Type: PaperIsland: Tiree and Coll -
Karen Wicks 2012 PhD on the vegetation history of Coll and Tiree
Karen Wicks (2012) ‘Vegetation history, human impact and climate change during prehistory: an island perspective of the isles of Tiree, Coll and north-west Mull PhD thesis, University of Reading.
Not currently available onlineType: PaperIsland: Tiree and Coll -
Bronze cauldron repair
Journal extract `A bronze cauldron of the Iron Age from Elvanfoot, Lanarkshire` by Jean Burns, MA, B Litt.
Academic paper about an Iron Age bronze cauldron, part of the A. Henderson Bishop collection at the Hunterian Museum, found in Lanarkshire, other Scottish bronze cauldrons and methods of repairing them. Two copies (second with hand-drawn illustration by Alasdair Sinclair, Brock, of how the `paper clip` repair was made).Type: PaperIsland: Tiree and Coll -
‘First Footsteps’ by Mithen: book
Booklet “First Footsteps – searching for prehistoric hunter-gatherers in the Hebrides” summarising the archaeological findings of Prof. Steven Mithen and colleagues from the University of Reading during their surveys of Tiree, Coll, Gunna, Mull, Colonsay & Oronsay and Islay during 2006. Includes a letter from Steven Mithen to Dr John Holliday (02/04/08) and a copy of a research note about his work at Fiskary Bay, Coll, published in Scottish Archarological News.Type: BookIsland: Tiree and Coll -
Iron Age pottery: including theories about the presence of post-firing drilled holes
Information about Iron Age pottery design, markings and uses from a CBA Research Report, including theories about the presence of post-firing drilled holes. Includes printed email from Ian Hewitt regarding holes in Iron Age pottery. CraggansType: PaperIsland: Tiree and Coll -
‘The impact of the abrupt 8.2 ka cold event on the Mesolithic population of western Scotland’: Wicks and Mithen
Scientific paper ‘The impact of the abrupt 8.2 ka cold event on the Mesolithic population of western Scotland: a Bayesian chronoligcal analysis using ‘activity events’ as a population proxy’. Published in the Journal of Archaeologial Science, 2014, by Karen Wicks and Steven Mithen, University of Reading.Type: PaperIsland: Tiree and Coll -
Thomas S Muir: ‘Architectural notes on churches on Scottish islands’
‘Thomas S Muir “Ecclesiological notes on some of the islands of Scotland”.
Comprises detailed architectural descriptions, with line drawings, of features of churches and other ecclesiastical remains, on the Scottish islands. Where known the date of the visit to the island is given in parentheses.’
Tiree and Coll 1857Type: BookIsland: Tiree and Coll -
‘Vikings in Scotland. An Archaeological Survey’ (Graham-Campbell and Batey)
Graham-Campbell, J. and Batey, C. E. (1998) ‘Vikings in Scotland. An Archaeological Survey’. Edinburgh University Press.Type: BookIsland: Tiree and Coll