PotboilerGairloch Museum Potboilers are commonly found in Iron Age sites. They are usually smooth beach pebbles which have been used to heat water for a variety of purposes. The stones were heated in the fire and plunged into the cold water. Eventually, the dramatic...
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...
FirelighterGairloch Museum Fires can be difficult to light, especially when your kindling is wet. This reusable fire lighter would have been invaluable for getting the flames going. It is made of a very absorbent stone similar to pumice. The stone would be dipped in...
Child’s ShoesGairloch Museum School pictures from the turn of the last century show most children in the Gairloch area without shoes. That is not because they didn’t have any footwear. But shoes were expensive and were to be kept for special occasions, not...
Rope TwisterGairloch Museum Rope was an essential commodity, used for everything from fishing to thatching to simply tying things together. Before the days of man-made fibres, rope was made from natural materials such as straw, marram grass, horsehair, or hemp....
