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FIRST SETTLERS ON TIREE
Who were the first people to set foot on the Scottish Hebridean island of Tiree? How did they exist? What did they eat? How did they process their food? Some answers may be provided from an analysis of the thousands of prehistoric worked flints and stone tools found on the island. These include a possible rare form of butchering knife, hammerstones and flint blades.
Please help us raise funds for a professional investigation of these ancient tools.
A possible rare prehistoric butcher's knife.
Some of the thousands of prehistoric flints awaiting analysis.
A possible prehistoric pottery gaming piece.
The tell-tale pitting of a prehistoric hammerstone.
Heather James of Calluna Archaeology excavating an Iron Age midden.
Recording a post-medieval house.
Investigating 18th century kelp kilns.
Probing for archaeological evidence in thick vegetation.