Period: Eighteenth century
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An Carnan Liath ‘the gray cairns’
A green dome in a wet field in Heylipol, measuring 30 m in diameter and about 3 m maximum height. GPS is NL97050 43509. The dome has a central depression, and there appears to be a structure to it. The centre and east of the dome has a different vegetation with a lot of nettles and Rumex. There are the stony footings of a 10 x 5 m rectangular building to the east, which may be on the 1768 Turnbull map. -
Island House
This house was built in 1748 in place of the medieval castle -
Earnal ACFA survey
Cnoc Earnal, Tiree
Measured survey
Elaine Black – Association of Certificated Field Archaeologists
NM 03153 47578 A group of four 19th-century houses,
enclosures and a corn kiln were surveyed at Cnoc Earnal
on 19 April 2017. House 1 is adjacent to a corn kiln at NM
103094 747578. This work was undertaken as part of an on-
going project to record upstanding settlement remains on the
island of Tiree.
Archive: acfabaseline.info
Funder: Association of Certificated Field Archaeologists
(Discovery and Excavation in Scotland (2017) 18, p. 62.) -
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) -
Four communion tokens
Four communion tokens -
Worked flints at ‘Giant’s Grave’, Kirkapol
Lithics report by Dr Dene Wright -
Box for 1782 hoard
Silver box given to the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland in 1782 as a container for a hoard of coins dug up on Tiree in 1782. Photo. On display -
Bronze brooch and buckle from Balevullin
18th century brooch pin and 15th century bronze buckle mounting found on Balevullin machair.
Brooch pin and bronze buckle mounting found on Balevullin machair before 1953. Examined and identified by the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland in Edinburgh (pre-1953). The pin is thought to have been made during the 18th century, whilst the buckle was thought to be made in the 15th century because “leaf shaped terminal did not appear until after 14th century”. Includes photocopy of historian`s notes. -
Brass brooch
(1907). Meeting notes. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 41, pp. 108–115.