Decorated Wooden Box Groam House Museum This wooden box helps us understand the impact of the artist and educator George Bain (1881 – 1967). It is decorated with a distinctive Celtic knotwork pattern, with sides embellished with a key design (made by a continuous...
Legal BooksCromarty Courthouse Museum These leather-bound volumes at Cromarty Courthouse total 33 in number. They are the ‘Public Statutes’, or enacted (or passed) legislation from 1805 to 1896. This period covers the reigns of King George IV, King William IV and...
Henry III Long Cross PennyCromarty Courthouse Museum This coin is one of many silver coins that have been found by metal detectorists in the fields above Cromarty in the last few years. They have been found in the fields where the medieval annual fair was held along...
Robert III Half Groat CoinCromarty Courthouse Museum This coin is one many silver coins that have been found by metal detectorists in the fields above Cromarty in the last few years. It is one of the few coins from a Scottish King found in the fields. The coin is a...
Jill’s Biggin Croft HouseHighland Museum of Childhood This dolls’ house, crafted in the style of a traditional Highland croft house, or ‘biggin’ as they were sometimes known, was made during the Second World War by May Armstrong for her daughter Gillian, known as...
