Diving MedalBrora Heritage Centre This special medal reveals the story of an unusual visitor to Brora during the town’s second ‘Highland Gathering’ in 1908. The day featured all the usual Highland Games activities, but there were a few other unusual attractions, such...
Fly Belonging to Megan Boyd Brora Heritage Centre This beautiful brooch has been fashioned out of a salmon fly that was ‘tied’ by Megan Boyd. Megan Boyd is a celebrated figure in the Highlands. From a humble background in Brora, Megan became the most famous salmon...
Presentation Trowel and MalletCromarty Courthouse Museum The custom of using a special commemorative trowel, usually made in gold or silver, was established near the start of the nineteenth century. A beautifully decorative object, a trowel was used at the ceremonial...
Lifeboat BoardsCromarty Courthouse Museum Known as ‘lifeboat boards’, these wooden records are an incredible resource showing details of lifeboat rescues within the community of Cromarty during the first half of the twentieth century. Cromarty’s history is closely...
Snuff Box Belonging to James FowlerGroam House Museum This snuff box is beautifully engraved with a message from the grateful East Ross Volunteers. Snuff was a very popular form of powdered tobacco and the snuff box, with its elaborate script, would have made an...
