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...
Photograph Taken In Dingwall Sheriff CourtGairloch Museum Content warning. Some visitors may find this object upsetting. The Loch Maree Hotel was the site of the first recorded case of botulism in the UK. Between the 15th and 21st August 1922, eight people staying...
Glencoe’s Own Ballachulish GoddessGlencoe Folk Museum In the winter of 1880, lying deep under peat, the mysterious Ballachulish figure was discovered. Hewn from a single piece of alder wood, with pebbles for her eyes, the original carving is almost life-sized, at a...
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...
Lace Wedding Dress Gairloch Museum This beautiful cotton lace wedding dress belonged to Jessie MacKenzie of North Erradale. It has very tiny stitching, delicate detail at the front, and pleating around the neck. It was handmade and machine-sewn. Jessie was a primary...
