FOULA HERITAGE

Foula - The Edge of the World

Foula Bibliography

Please see Bird Studies Bibliography for details of the considerable literature on Foula's birds.

Allot, G. 1971. A report on the lowland vegetation of Foula. Brathay Exploration Group Field Studies Report no. 11, 48-57

Anderson, John. An excerpt from a book by John Anderson; the chapter title being "The School in Operation", page 181, provided by Eric and Rose Cheyne, in Edinburgh reads:"A visitor to Foula in 1867 found another interesting man -- James Cheyne, Society teacher, whom he claimed he descended as 'A very versatile genius indeed. He reads a sermon every Sabbath in the kirk; teaches the school through the week; is agent for the Poor Law Board; session clerk; and registrar. He makes first rate shoes and splendid coats. having originally been a tailor by profession. He built his boat, he coopers, shoots, fishes, farms his croft, and is a most successful sheep farmer, for a hardy breed of hungry sheep he brought once from Fair Isle have multiplied very rapidly to the alarm of the natives, who are afraid lest they destroy the pasture on the 'scathold.'"

Baldwin, J. R. 1978. Norse influences in sheep husbandry on Foula, Shetland. In Baldwin, J. R. (ed) Scandinavian Shetland: An ongoing tradition? Scottish Society for Northern Studies. Lerwick, pp 97-123.

Baldwin, J. R. 1981. A hard won wilderness: man and environment on Foula, Shetland, and Western Faroes. PSAS 118: 323-325.

Baldwin, J. R. Hogin and Hametoun: thoughts on the stratification of a Foula Tun. In Crawford, B. E. (ed) Essays in Shetland History. Shetland Times Ltd. Lerwick.

Baldwin, John. 1996. "Heaps, humps and hollows on the Foula skattald" in Doreen
Waugh and Brian Smith eds. Shetland's Northern Links: Language and History. Edinburgh: Scottish Society for Northern Studies, 205-229.

Balneaves, Elizabeth. 1977. The Windswept Isles: ‘Shetland and its people’. John Gifford Ltd.

Barkham, J. P. 1971. A report on the upland vegetation of Foula. Brathay Exploration Group Field Studies Report no. 11, 25-47.

Barkham, John, Sheila Gear, D. L. Hawksworth & K. G. Messenger. 1981. Foula, Shetland volume 2; the flora of Foula. First edition, duplicated, maps on green paper, wrappers, spiral wire spine, Brathay.

Barrington, R. M., 1890. Trientalis europaea in Foula; Journal of Botany XXVIII (1890) 315.

Baxter, Colin and Jim Crumley. 2001. Shetland: Land of the Ocean.

Bayer, Kurt. 2006. 14 November 2006 COME AND LIVE ON OUR ISLAND. Miles from anywhere, no shop, no pub, no work, howling gales and the leccy goes off every night. The Daily Record, 14th November 2006.

Benson, D. 1994. A report on a previously unrecorded enclosure on the Daal, Foula, Shetland. Brathay Exploration Group. Unpublished report.

Berry, R. J. and B. J. K. Tricker. 1969. Competition and extinction: the mice of Foula, with notes on those of Fair Isle and St Kilda. Journal of Zoology (London) 158: 247–265.

Bevington, Pete. 2003. Foula cautious about ferry pledge. Shetland News, 10th December 2003

Bevington, Pete. 2003. Foula jubilant. Shetland News, 13th December 2003.

Bevington, Pete. 2006. Ink dries on Foula ferry contract. Shetland News, 16th November, 2006.

Birnie, J., 1981. Pollen and Shetland. Aberdeen.

Birnie, J., 1981. Environmental changes in Shetland since the end of the last glaciation. Ph.D Thesis, Aberdeen.

Birnie, J., 1984. Trees and shrubs in the Shetland Islands: evidence for a postglacial climatic optimum. In: N. A. Morner and W. Karlen (Editors), Climatic changes on a yearly to millennial basis. D Riedel, Dordrecht, pp. 155-161.

Birnie J. 2000. Devensian Lateglacial palaeoecological changes in Shetland. Boreas 29: 205-218.

Birnie J. 2005. Environmental change at Aith Meadows, Cunningsburgh. Shetland Naturalist 2: 33-50.

Birnie, J., Gordon, J.E., Bennett, K. and Hall, A.M. (Editors), 1993. The Quaternary of Shetland. Quaternary Research Association, Cambridge, 140 pp.

Birnie, J. and Harkness, D.D., 1993. Radiocarbon dates on Late-glacial sediments at Aith Voe, Cunningsburgh, and adjustments for rock flour effects. In: J. Birnie, J.E. Gordon, K. Bennett and A.M. Hall (Editors), The Quaternary of Shetland. Quaternary Research Association, Cambridge, pp. 39-43.

BLACKBOURN, G. A. & MARSHALL, J. E. A. 1985. The Geology of Foula, Shetland. In: BLACKBOURN, G. A. (ed.) Geological field guide to Foula, Shetland. Britoil, Glasgow, 1-46.

Brand, J. 1701. A brief description of Orkney, Shetland, Pightland Firth and Caithness. Edinburgh.

Brown, Annie. 2004 I DON'T FEEL CHEATED HERE... FOULA HAS EVERYTHING I NEED. The Daily Record, 28^th August 2004.

Brownrigg, D. A. and D.Gaunt. 1965. Foula Sheep, their Wool and its Processing.

Bullock, William. 1813. A Companion to the London Museum and Pantherion: Containing a Brief Description of Upwards of… pp. 59-60.

Butter, Patrick. 1824. Scottish Society for the Propagation of Christian Knowledge. Patrick Butter's journal: Foulah School report: 14 July 1824 National Archives of Scotland

Campbell, Peter. 1979. Foula School Centenary, 1879-1979. Shetland Islands Council

Charlton, E. Journal of an expedition to Shetland in 1834. MS. National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh and also in Old Lore Miscellany, 10 (1933-46), 55-71.

Christiansen, Carol. 2005. Islands and archaeology on agenda. Shetland Times, 11^th Nov. 2005.

Clark, Melissa. 2004. Is this the solution? Shetland Times, 27th August 2004.

Clark, W. F. 1925. Ultima Thule. The Scotsman, 9th March 1925.

Clark, W. F. 1925. Ultima Thule. The Scotsman, 21^st March 1925.

Craw, H. A. 1951. An expedition to Foula. Fair Isle BO Bull. 1, No. 3 (1951): 17-22

Crawford, Moya. 1999. Deep Water. Thomas Reed Publications.

Delany, M. J . 1963. A collection of Apodemus from the Island of Foula, Shetland. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 140, 319-320.

Dixon, Mike. 2000. Foula: The Edge of the World. High Magazine. September 2000. No 214. pages 44-47.

Dybeck, Maurice. 1967. A SCOTTISH CROFT IN FOULA , Chapter in Study Geography Textbook series by Longmans.

Evershed, H. 1891. A trip to Foula. Field, 2 May 1891: 641.

Fenton, A. 1958. MS Notebook, Foula

Fenton, Alexander. 1978. The Northern Isles: Orkney and Shetland. John Donald Publishers Ltd. 2^nd Edition: 1997. Tuckwell Press.

Ferguson, A. G. M. 1936. Bob. The Scotsman, 18th Nov. 1936.

Flynn, Derek. 1989. Travellers in a bygone Shetland: An Anthology. Scottish Academic Press

Fraser, Simon. 1793. Reports of the Proceedings Before Select Committees of the House of Commons, in ... Cases of ... pp. 399-401.

Garry, Jaye. 1907. On Foula Isle, in The Gentleman’s Magazine pp 46-51.

Gear, Sheila C., 1983. Foula: Island West of the Sun. ISBN: 0709196733. Format: hardcover Publisher: Robert Hale Ltd London – UK

Gear, Sheila. 1991. Some Notes on Foula Sheep. Short booklet with fascinating info and colour pictures of Foula Sheep.

Gear, Sheila. 2003. Mooldie Kuses and Scalping in Foula. The Heritage Newsletter for Shetland. No 6. July 2003.

George, R. S. I970. Fleas, and a few other animals, from the island of Foula in Shetlands. Ent. Gaz 21, 30-32.

Gilchrist, J. 1969. Summary of Information known on Foula Crofts ms. Brathay Exploration Group

Gilchrist, Graham & Earle. 1969-73. Families of Foula. Updated by Gear 1978. Brathay Exploration Group.

Gladstone, John. 1929. Scotland's Remotest Island. From Discovery a monthly popular journal of knowledge. By John A Benn. Pages 272-276

Government Veterinary Journal. 1949. Tuberculin Testing in Foula & Fair Isle. Volume IV . No 12 January 1949

Graham, C. C. 1990. Foula, 60°N-04°W, Seabed Sediments. British Geological Survey.

Graham, D. K. 1988. A review of the Quaternary Macrofauna from the Foula Area. Technical Report, Stratigraphy Series, No. WH/88/20R British Geological Survey (Biostratigraphy Research Group Report PD 88/175). In West of Shetlands Frontier Tranches 4-8: Pre-Licence Environmental Assessment, Mobil North Sea Limited

Graham, P. and D. Bowes. 1973. Sheep cruie sites and routes on Foula. In Brathay Exploration Group. Field Studies on Foula. Report 27, pp 111-112. Brathay Hall Trust. Ambleside.

Graves, F. S., 1899. (Hymenophyllum wilsonii) Wilson's Filmy fern in Foula; Annals of Scottish Natural History (1899) 243.

Griffiths, Rosalind. 2006. Foula dismay as ferry operation plan falters. Shetland Times, 4^th August 2006.

Groome, Francis H. 1882. Foula. A historical perspective, drawn from the Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical and Historical. Ed. Francis H. Groome. Thomas C. Jack, Grange Publishing Works, Edinburgh. 1882-1885.

Hansom, J., 2003. Foula, Shetland. In: V. May and J.D. Hansom (Editors), Coastal geomorphology of Great Britain. Joint Nature Conservancy Council, HMSO, Norwich, pp. 76-80.

Harrison, Eric. 2004. Clever little birds. The Daily Telegraph, 7^th Feb. 2004.

Hawksworth, D.L., 1966. The lichen flora of Foula, Shetland. The Lichenologist, 3: 218-223.

Hawksworth, D.L., 1969. Studies on the peat deposits on the island of Foula, Shetland. Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh, 40: 576-591.

Hawksworth, D. L. 1969a. Notes on the flora and vegetation of Foula, Shetland (V.C. 112). Proc. bot. Soc. B.I. 7, 537-547.

Hawksworth, D. L. 1969b. The bryophyte flora of Foula (Shetland). Rev. Bryol. Lichenol. 36, 213-218.

Heddle, M. F. 1879. The geognosy and mineralogy of Scotland. Mainland (Shetland), Foula, Fair Isle. Mineralogy Mag. 3, 18-56.

Hibbert, S. 1822. A description of the Shetland Islands. Edinburgh: Archibald Constable & Co.

Hinton, M. A. C. 1919. The field mouse of Foula, Shetland. Scot. Nat. for 1919, 177-181.

Hiscock, Keith, Alan Southward, Ian Tittley, Stephen Hawkins. 1997. Effects of changing temperature on benthic marine life in Britain and Ireland. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems: Volume 14, Issue 4, Pages 333-362. Published 1997.

Holbourn, Alasdair. 1936. Filming on Foula. The Scotsman, 3rd August 1936

Holbourn, Ian B. Stoughton. 1938. The Isle of Foula. Lerwick, Johnson & Grieg.

Holbourn, J. G. 1985. The Foula whirlwinds known as flans. Journal of Meteorology, UK, 10, pp. 300-301.

Holbourn, J. G. 2007. Bridget’s Circles. Camertonia: The Annual Journal of the Bath and Camerton Archaeological Society. Page 15.

Holbourn, M. C. S. 1928. Ultima Thule. The Island of Foula. The Scotsman, 7^th March 1928.

Holbourn, M. C. S. 1931. Plight of the Island of Foula. The Scotsman, 20^th Nov. 1931.

Holbourn, M. C. S. 1931. The Foula Mail Service. The Scotsman, 24^th Nov. 1931.

Holbourn, M. C. S. 1936. Lonely Foula. The Scotsman, 26^th October 1936.

Holbourn, M. C. S. 1937. Edge of the World. The Scotsman, 20^th May 1937.

Holbourn, S. C. 1961. Further additions to the flora of Foula. Trans. Proc. bot. Soc. Edinb., 39, 235-236.

Howson, C.M., 1988. Marine Nature Conservation Review. Survey of Shetland, Foula and Fair Isle, 1987. Volume 1, Report. Report to the Nature Conservancy Council from the Field Studies Council Oil Pollution Research Unit, Orielton, Pembroke, Dyfed.

Hunter, Ray & Elliot, George. 1994. Eds. Wind-Diesel Systems. A Guide to the Technology and its Implementation. Guy Nicolson. pp 145-157. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521434408.

Isbister, Robert. 1970. Tales of Foula. Lerwick

Johnston, James B. 1925. Ultima Thule. The Scotsman, 14th March 1925.

Jameson, Robert. 1798. The Mineralogy of the Island of Arran and the Shetland Islands, with Dissertations on Peat and Kelp.

Jones, N.V. and Mortimer, M.A.E. 1974. Stream invertebrates on Foula. Glasg. Nat. 19: 91-100.

Kelbie, Paul. 2005. Islanders celebrate the year of the big switch to reliable electricity. The Independent, 13^th Jan. 2005.

Kerr, John. Memories Grave and Gray. 1865. Pp 183-6. Thomas Nelson and Sons.

Latham, Mark. 2004. Foula’s future hangs in the balance. Shetland Times, Friday, July 30, 2004.

Low, George. 1879. A tour through the islands of Orkney and Shetland containing hints relative to their ancient, modern and natural history collected in 1774. Kirkwall: William Peace & Son. 2^nd Edition: 1978. Melven Press, Inverness.

Low, George. 1813. Fauna Orcadensis: Or, The Natural History of the Quadrupeds, Birds, Reptiles and Fishes of ... pp. 119-120.

Lynam, C.C. 1911. The log of the ‘Blue Dragon II’ in Orkney and Shetland 1909-1910. Sidgwick and Jackson Ltd.

Manson, T. M. Y. 1936. Foula Film. The Scotsman, 16^th June 1936.

Manson, Dr T. M. Y. 1982. Resurgent Foula. Shetland Life No 23.

Mariotti, Sergio. Lights of Islands. "Fair Isle and Foula in Photographs and Poems" Black and white photographs by Sergio Mariotti. Poems by Fair Isle Primary School Children, James W Stout, Margo Murray and Isobel Holbourn. pp46. Card-wrapped high-quality paperback, privately printed in English.

Marsh, Terry and Jon Sparks. 2002. The Magic of the Scottish Islands. Featuring: Shetland - Foula - Fair Isle - Western Isles & St Kilda - Skye and the Small Isles - Firth of Lorne - Orkney - Mull & the Surrounding Islands - The Clyde Islands. Hardcover 192 pages. ISBN: 0715311514. Published by David & Charles

Marter, Hans J. 2004. Hope for Foula power scheme. Shetland News, 21st December, 2004.

Marter, Hans J. 2005. Full power for Foula. Shetland News, 29th December, 2005.

Marter, Hans J. 2005. Foula eyes up ferry service. Shetland News, 30th November, 2005.

Martin, Simon. 1980. The Other Titanic, David & Charles. 207 pages. 16 pages of b/w plates, plus several maps and drawings. 2^nd Edition: The Shetland Times Ltd 2004.

Mathieson, J. 1931. The Highest Cliff. The Scotsman, 8^th Dec. 1931.

McNeil, Robert. 2006. An island of self-reliance in a perpetually stormy sea. The Scotsman, 2^nd Dec. 2006.

Messenger, K. G. & J. G. Urquhart, 1959. Additions to the flora of Foula. Botanical Society of Edinburgh XXXVII (1959) 276

Millman, Lawrence. 1990. Last Places. A Journey in the North. pp. 11-35. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, USA.

Milne, C.S., 1993. Consideration of evidence relating to the glaciation of Foula, Shetland. BSc Thesis, Aberdeen.

Moore, Andy. 2004. Foula bids farewell to the dark ages. The Daily Telegraph, 23^rd October 2004.

Mortimer. 1969. Possibilities for Hydro-Biological Field Studies in Foula. 17 pages. Brathay Exploration Group.

Mortimer. 1969-70. Field Studies in Foula (F.S.Report No 11, ). 128 pages. Brathay Exploration Group.

Mortimer. 1973. Field Studies on Foula (F.S.No 27 ). 134 pages. £1. Brathay Exploration Group.

Mortimer. 1974. Field Studies in Foula (Draft for monograph) 23 pages. Brathay Exploration Group.

Mortimer & David Scott-Langley. 1998. The Freshwaters of Foula - £5.00. (Foula Mongraph Volume 5 Ref F.S. 36-5 ). Pub 1998. 44 pages. Brathay Exploration Group.

Muir, T S. 1885. Ecclesiological Notes on some of the Islands of Scotland. 166-7. Edinburgh.

Mykura, W. and Phemister, J., 1976. The geology of western Shetland. HMSO, London

Nicholson, G., Sommerville, W. M. and D. Alexander. 1991. ‘Foula Island Wind-Hydro Diesel Power Scheme; Commisioning, Control Programming and Early Operation’. Proc BWEA Conference, Swansea, 1991.

Nicholson, G., Somerville, W. M. et al. 1992 ‘Foula Island Wind Hydro-Diesel Hybrid Power Scheme. Commission. Control Programming and early operation’ 1992 B.W.E.A. conference, (proceedings)

Nicolson, Adam. 2006. The End of the Line? The Daily Telegraph, 12^th November 2006.

Oldham, C. 1930. Notes on the land and freshwater Mollusca of Foula. Scot. Nat. for 1930, 37-38.

Oswin, Dr. John, Jayne Lawes, Keith Turner and Bridget Hetzel. 2006. The Foula Landscape Project. Geophysical Survey at Harrier 4^th – 11^th May 2006. The Bath and Camerton Archaeological Society.

Page, J. L. 1976. The Isle of Foula. Observations on the past, present, and future with their implications for the planner. Unpublished PhD thesis. University of Aberdeen.

Pedgley, D. E. 2001. Foula’s flans – in the wake of a hilly island. Weather. Vol. 56. No 4. 118-125

Penny, Young & Goodman. 1980-81. Intertidal Shores of Foula (F.S.No 38 ) 165 pages. Brathay Exploration Group.

Perry, David. 2005. REMOTE COMMUNITY'S INNOVATIVE SCHEME TO REPLACE OLD GENERATORS. Aberdeen Press and Journal, 3^rd Jan. 2005.

Pow, Tom. 1999. For distance, Shetland wins by miles. (a visit to Foula in the Shetland Islands is described, along with the seemingly never-ending ferry ride). New Statesman, 29^th Nov. 1999.

Powell, Michael. 1937. The Edge of the World. The Scotsman, 28^th May 1937.

Powell, Michael. 1938. 200,000 Feet on Foula. 32 illustrations, 334 pages, appendix. Publisher: London: Faber & Faber.

Price, Glanville. 2000. Languages in Britain and Ireland. Ed. Glanville Price. Blackwell Publishing. pp181-182. ISBN 0631215816.

Ratter, Frances. 1994. Hoverflies from Foula in 1994. Shetland Entomological Group Newsletter, 8:8-9.

Reagan, Michael, Linda Sunshine and Hiro Clark Wakabayashi. 1990. Portrait of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Hardcover (01 August, 1990) Isbn: 0836262131 A tie-in to a Turner Broadcasting System television documentary, this collection of 260 color photos of peoples and places throughout England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland eloquently tells a story of ascendancy and decline of British rule. From Stonehenge to Bath, the farms of the Cotswolds, the mines of Easington and, finally, the conflicted terrain of Ulster, magnificent photography captures people who are essentially islanders, "isolated and protected, alone and insular." This atmosphere is particularly well conveyed in the section on the tiny island of Foula, one of the Shetlands.

Reid, John T. 1869. Art Rambles in Shetland. Edinburgh: Edmonston & Douglas

Sands, John. 1884. Discovery of Human Remains in a Shetland Peat Bog. The Scotsman. 20^th March 1884.

Sands, John. 1885. Foula, Shetland. Scottish Geographical Magazine. Vol 1, 1885. Page 50.

Schei, Liv Kjorsvik and Gunnie Moberg. 1988. The Shetland Story. B T Batsford Ltd.

Scott-Langley, David. 1998. Foula Records and Reports - (All. Not only BEG). 54 pages. Brathay Exploration Group.

Shiers, Kelly. 2006. A long-lost uncle is found again. WW II airman buried in U.K., nephew learns. The Halifax Herald Limited. July 29th, 2006

Shotyk, W. 1997. Atmospheric deposition and geochemical mass balance of major elements and trace elements in two oceanic blanket bogs, northern Scotland and the Shetland Islands. Chem. Geology 138, 55–72.

Simpson, G. 1968. A Preliminary Study of the Archaeology of Foula. Brathay Exploration Group Annual Report. pp 313-323. Department of Archaeology. Queens University. Belfast.

Smiley, Sarah. 1869. Journal of Sarah Smiley. MS. Friends Library, Euston Road, London.

Somerville, W. M. 1989. ‘Wind Turbine and Pumped Storage Hydro Generation in Foula’. Proc. EWEC’89, Glasgow, 1989

Somerville, W. M. et al. 1993. “Independent power generation from combined wind, water and diesel generators with pumped water storage on Foula island, Shetland, U.K.” A report to the commission of the European Communities by Windharvester Ltd., EUR14822 en. ISBN 9282655148

Spence, John H. 2005. Ice Cream to Foula. Voar edition of The New Shetlander. A little 1950s story from former director of education John H. Spence.

Stewart, Andrew. 1928. Foula. The Scotsman, 7^th March 1928.

Stewart, J. 1970. Place names of Foula. Torshavn.

Svensson, Roland. 1954. Lonely Isles. London: Faber

Tait, Jim. 2003. Furore over Foula ferry. Shetland Times, 19^th Sept. 2003.

Thomas, Sean. 2005. Slipping off the map. The Sunday Times Travel Magazine, 25^th June 2005.

Traill, Dr. T. S. 1803. Observations, chiefly mineralogical, on the Shetland Islands, made in the course of a Tour through those Islands in 1803. In A Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry and the Arts. By William Nicolson 1806. Page 356

Tudor, J. R. 1883. The Orkneys and Shetland: their past and present state. W. M. Peace and Son. Kirkwall.

Tulip, I. 1968. Horizontal water mills on Foula. In Brathay Exploration Group Annual Report. pp 327-333. Department of Archaeology. Queens University. Belfast.

Turner, Keith. 2007. Seeing Double When We Went to Foula. Camertonia : The Annual Journal of the Bath and Camerton Archaeological Society. pp. 16-17.

Turrill, W. B. 1929. Flora of Foula. Botanical Exchange Club VIII (1929) 838.

Urquart, Frank. 2004. Community on Foula set to take over control of lifeline ferry. The Scotsman, 25^th August, 2004.

Venables, U. M. 1952. Tempestuous Eden. London: Museum Press Ltd.

Venables, U. 1956. Life in Shetland. Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh.

Vetch, Captain James. 1822. Account of the island of Foula. Mem. Wernerian Nat. Hist. Soc. 4, 237-252.

'Voyage of the Lioness', from Scalloway, Shetland, to Foula and Fair Isle. The Lioness was commanded by Captain Robertson; the passengers were described as 'the doctor and the professor'. The journal describes the inhabitants of the islands, and birds and animals seen. Written in the early 20th century. University of London Library – Senate House.

Watling, Roy. 1992. The Fungus Flora of Shetland. Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.

Watling, Roy. 2005. Fungal associates of Salix repens in northern oceanic Britain and their conservation significance. Mycological Research (2005), 109: 1418-1424. Cambridge University Press.

Westermarck, Edvard. 1891. Memories of my life, translation A. Barwell. London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd.

Whitfield, Alan. 1995. Island Pilot. Shetland Times.

Whittet, James Knox. 100 Island Poems of Great Britain and Ireland. Including a poem by a 7 year old girl from the remote Shetland island of Foula. ISBN: (0-906228-97-2). Pages: 164. Format: Paperback

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Clark, W. F. 1925. Ultima Thule. The Scotsman, 21st March 1925.

Clark, W. F. 1925. Ultima Thule. The Scotsman, 21^st March 1925.