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  • Sherd (rim)

    ‘One rim potsherd of brown fabric. Small, infrequent stone inclusions. Flat rim decorated with a series of three parallel, impressed elongated marks. The middle line is horizontal, and the two outer lines are angled. Exterior decorated with large, elongated, roughly horizontal impressed marks. Possibly from a Food Vessel. Mann Collection.’
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  • Stone oil lamp

    This carved stone was handed in to An Iodhlann in 2024 by Donald Brown, Vaul. Its find spot is unknown. It has been identified by Ann Clarke as probably an oil lamp dating from the Iron Age or later with a carved thumb grip. A similar object from Pool on Sanday is also shown.
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  • Bronze Age sword from Tiree (exhibited 1883): correspondence

    Email correspondence regarding a Bronze Age sword from Tiree

    Printed copy of email correspondence between Trevor Cowie, John Holliday and Darko Maricevic during Feb. 2008 regarding the whereabouts of a Bronze Age sword discovered on Tiree and exhibited at a meeting of the Society of Antiquaires of Scotland in 1883.
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  • Bronze rivet

    art of a Medieval bronze rivet, possibly for boat building, from a collection of around 200 bronze objects found by amateur archaeologist George Holleyman FSA at Balevullin in 1941-43, when he served at RAF Tiree during WWII. Identified by Dr Colleen Batey, Senior Lecturer in Archaeology at Glasgow University and David Caldwell, retired Keeper of Medieval Department at the National Museum of Scotland during a visit to An Iodhlann on 29th April 2016.
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  • Brass ingot

    Medieval brass ingot for smithing from a collection of around 200 bronze objects found by amateur archaeologist George Holleyman at Balevullin in 1941-43, when he served at RAF Tiree during WWII. Identified by Dr Colleen Batey, Senior Lecturer in Archaeology at Glasgow University and David Caldwell, retired Keeper of Medieval Department at the National Museum of Scotland during a visit to An Iodhlann on 29th April 2016.
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  • Small stone, possibly agate’

    ‘One small fragment of red stone, possibly agate. Mann Collection’
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  • Soil samples

    ‘One bag of sandy soil. Mann Collection.’
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  • Pumice fragment

    One pumice fragment. Rectangular on plan. Two areas on one side are worked in the shape of ‘dimples’. Mann Collection.
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  • Pins

    ‘Metal pins found in the ‘sand dunes of Tiree’, dated from Early to post-Medieval (registration no. 36)’
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  • 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.
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