Grouse BasketBrora Heritage Centre Grouse driving and shooting became very popular during the Victorian period, becoming an important part of the tourism industry in the Highlands. This basket is on loan from the Dudgeon family at Crakaig Farm and Estate, to the north...
Gin TrapWest Highland Museum Warning – some visitors may find this object distressing Gin traps were spring-loaded traps that snap shut on an animal’s limb when triggered. They were commonly used for catching small animals, including rats in places where grain...
Socks in the Gairloch PatternGairloch Museum These socks are knitted in the unique ‘Gairoch pattern’, first documented in the mid-nineteenth century. The Mackenzies of Gairloch supported work schemes for their tenants during the potato famine in the 1840s. Spinning...
Extra Large Tattie MasherWest Highland Museum This large potato masher was made from a hollow cylinder of wood with a plunger at one end. Its size indicates that it could be used to mash large quantities of potatoes. Potatoes have long been a staple in the Highland...
Quern StoneCromarty Courthouse Museum Quern stones were used to grind a range of cereals and grains into flour. This made them incredibly valuable to the homelives of those in the medieval period as a way of benefiting directly from their crops within the home. They...
