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Bone pin from Middleton, now in Inveraray Castle
‘A bone pin found in Balemeanoch church yard in 1904.’ Display no. 26 in Inveraray Castle collection
See Beveridge (1903) Coll and Tiree pp. 154–5 -
Annular brooch with figures of animals and black letter inscription
‘An annular brooch with figures of animals and black letter inscription found in the sand at Barrapol in 1884 ‘ -
Pins and needles and two finger rings
‘Pins and needles of bronze and mixed metal, plus two copper alloy finger rings fond in Balevullin and Cornaig. Possibly Iron Age to post Medieval in date (registration no. 35)’ -
Rubbing stone from Balephuil, now in Inveraray Castle
‘A rubbing stone found near Balephuil, Tiree. Rubbing stones were used to treat colic’ (Inveraray Castle display no. 50) -
Ivory crucifix from Kilmoluaig, now in Inveraray Castle
‘A crucifix of bone or ivory which was found in a sand bank in Kilmoluaig, possibly 17th or 18th century’ (Inveraray castle display no. 42) -
Wooden quaich
A wooden quaich of unknown provenance. Originally captioned as found in Kenavara, Tiree, but possibly the ‘wooden cup… made in a turning loom by the Marquis of Argyll … from which he had taken the last draft … before being led out, for execution’, as recorded in a letter copied by the 9th Duke for Lord Archibald Campbell in 1908 (display no. 33) -
Walrus ivory bodkin, now in Inveraray Castle
‘A bodkin made of walrus ivory found on Tiree, possibly Early Medieval or Medieval (Inveraray Castle display no. 27)’ A bodkin is a small, sharp tool for making holes in cloth or leather. -
Bone or antler pin, now in Inveraray Castle
‘A bone or antler pin found on Tiree in 1910, possibly Early Medieval’ (Inveraray Castle display no. 24) -
Four bronze pins from Balevullin, now in Inveraray Castle
Four bronze pins (Early Medieval) found by Lord Lorne (John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll) near Balevullin, Tiree in 1884. Canmore ID 21435 describes these as: one cross-headed, one ring-and-dot, one globe, one putter. (Inveraray Castle, display no. 23).
“As found upon Sandhills of Tiree … mention must be made here of two remarkable bronze specimens obtained in 1897 by Lord Archibald Campbell, who kindly gave the writer an opportunity of examining them. One of these is a most peculiar pin about three inches in length with a semi-spherical flutes head, curved on the top but flat below. The special feature, however, is that the pin itself is of hybrid form, being round in the upper half and square in the lower, coming there to a sharp point, the whole thoroughly polished.” Beveridge, E. (1903) Coll and Tiree, p. 129.