Standard MeasuresCromarty Courthouse Museum These impressive measuring vessels are the legal standard measures used by the County of Cromarty to ensure that shop keepers, farmers, and other businessmen were maintaining standards and trading legally. Most of us are...
Medieval Reed InstrumentCromarty Courthouse Museum This instrument is known for its unusual sound, mostly heard nowadays on children’s television. It is made by vibrating a flexible reed between the lips. This medieval example actually dates from the fifteenth century...
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...
Russian Lead SealsCromarty Courthouse Cromarty Courthouse has one of the largest collections Russian lead seals in the country. This is because Cromarty was a centre for the manufacture of hemp sacking and rope during the late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth century....
Soldier’s Letter, 1915Cromarty Courthouse Museum This letter reveals a moving story of kindness during the First World War, when Cromarty became a training base for the Army. A hutted camp was set up just outside of the town and also housed an army hospital. This...
