Wax Letter Seal Belonging to Patrick SellarBrora Heritage Centre This wax seal was used by Patrick Sellar (1780-1851), forever associated with the notorious Sutherland Clearances from 1814. Sellar’s role as factor for the Sutherland Estate was complicated when he...
Selection of Works by Neil GunnDunbeath Heritage Museum Neil Gunn (1891 – 1973) was one of the most important writers of Scottish fiction in the early twentieth century. Starting with his first novel, The Grey Coast published in 1926, Gunn’s works explore Highland...
The Atom of Delight by Neil GunnDunbeath Heritage Museum Neil Gunn (1891 – 1973) was one of the most important writers of Scottish fiction in the early twentieth century. Starting with his first novel, The Grey Coast published in 1926, Gunn’s works explore Highland...
Selkirk Grace Box in GaelicGairloch Museum This decorative wooden board has been inscribed with a Gaelic translation of the words of the Selkirk Grace, usually attributed to Scottish Bard Robert Burns: Some hae meat and canna eat, And some wad eat that want...
Sculpture of ‘Kenn and the Salmon’ Dunbeath Heritage Museum This artwork located by the harbour in the village of Dunbeath was commissioned by the Neil Gunn Society in 1991. It marks the centenary of the author’s birth and was designed by Alex Main (1940 –...
