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Coll and Gunna Map

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Tiree Summary

Tiree   Principal Sources   Monro, Acts of the Lords of the Isles pp 5-7 (1354 Indenture) & p 17 ER XIII pp 216-7 (a rental) of 1509 ER XVII pp 614-5 (an assessment) & pp 647-8 (an assessment +

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Tiree

Tiree   I have found no trace of pennylands in Tiree, either in valuations or place-names, although the 1662 rental recognises that there were 20d in a tirung.  There are three sources I have used for mail-land valuations. They are

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Coll and Gunna

Coll and Gunna In Coll, Gunna and Tiree we find evidence of mail-lands which seem to have made up an alternative Norse valuation system. They did not have as wide a currency as ouncelands and pennylands but I have shown

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Coll and Gunna Summary

Coll and Gunna   Sources RMS I App II (859) 1343 RMS II (2264) 1495 RMS III (712) 1528, (2787) 1542, RMS IV (1352) 1559 RMS VII (1386) 1616, (1628, 1652) 1617 RMS VIII (1610) 1630 RMS IX (1310) 1643

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