Cromdale BroochGrantown Museum This outstanding example of a ring brooch dates from the 1600s and was found locally at Cromdale. Women’s shawls or ‘arisaids’, either plain white, striped or sometimes tartan, would be fastened at the breast with a ring brooch. These...
Crotal BellsCromarty Courthouse Crotal bells, also known as rumble bells, were used on horses and horse-drawn vehicles from the early medieval period. They were hung on the horse harness in order to tell other vehicles that they were coming and were therefore an...
The Rosemarkie Stone Groam House Museum This Pictish stone gives us important information about people from the period 1000 to 1500 year ago. Many such large stones have been found across the north half of Scotland. The name Picts, meaning painted people, was given to...
Hoard of Medieval Coins Seaboard Centre This coin hoard was unearthed by a local metal detectorist, detecting in and around the Seaboard villages. It contains Scots pennies, bawbees (also known as sixpence) and other low-value coins known as billons. It is likely that...
