Marquetry BoxWest Highland Museum This box is notable for its marquetry – inlaid work made using small pieces of different coloured wood. It was made by a German Prisoner of War at Kinlochleven prisoner camp during the First World War. The camp was operational from...
Gold ArmletsWest Highland Museum This pair of late Bronze Age gold penannular armlets were found at Kilmallie, just outside Fort William. They are thought to be Irish in origin. How they came to be found in 1871 makes a fascinating story! A crofter dreamt that he...
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...
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...
