Diorama of the Glencoe MassacreGlencoe Folk Museum Content warning. Some visitors may find this object upsetting. In February 1692, the MacDonald clansfolk of Glencoe were massacred when they failed to pledge their allegiance to the new monarchs William III and Mary...
Pictish Stone with Eagle and SalmonGairloch Museum This Pictish Stone is made of local Torridonian sandstone and was probably carved between AD 500 and 700. It was found around 1870, possibly in a cist burial, and moved to several different places in Gairloch before...
Secret PortraitWest Highland Museum At first glance, this object appears to be a smear of oil paints on a black wooden board. However, this very special painting is actually an example of anamorphic art. This means that it appears distorted at first glance but, when...
Chealamy BeakerStrathnaver Museum This decorated beaker, dating from the period 2900 BCE to 1600 BCE, is a fine example of a late Neolithic or early Bronze Age ceramic pot. It was excavated in 1983 from a burial cist, a small stone-built coffin-like structure at...
Selkirk Grace Box in GaelicGairloch Museum This decorative wooden board has been inscribed with a Gaelic translation of the words of the Selkirk Grace, usually attributed to Scottish Bard Robert Burns: Some hae meat and canna eat, And some wad eat that want...
