Flare GunGairloch Museum Content warning. Some visitors may find this object upsetting. Though far from mainland Europe, the landscapes and waters of the Highlands were to feature in World War Two in a number of surprising and sometimes tragic ways. Between 1941...
Collection of Birds’ EggsGairloch Museum This collection of birds’ eggs was assembled by a local hotel owner called Mr Clark between 1905 and 1910. The eggs were collected along the shore of Loch Gairloch. At the time, the shores were much quieter and birds...
Lightouse SundialGairloch Museum This brass sundial would have sat on a pedestal within the perimeter wall on the south side of Rubh Reidh lighthouse. It is regulation issue and is engraved with the name of the lighthouse, its coordinates, and the makers Adie and Son...
Sample of Lewisian GneissGairloch Museum This rock may look ordinary at first glance, but it is actually a sample of one of the oldest rocks in the world – and certainly the oldest in Scotland. Formed three billion years ago, Lewisian Gneiss forms the basement rock...
Knitted SuitGairloch Museum This dusky pink, two-piece knitted suit was created by well-known Gairloch knitter Becca Macaulay. She created it using a knitting machine designed for making socks, with wool shorn from sheep on the donor’s family croft in Porthenderson...
