The Missing TrousersStrathnaver Museum This artwork was created by Joanne B. Karr as part of the project ‘Rob Donn Country: 300 Years of Rob Donn Mackay’. Each piece is a unique interpretation of themes, poems or events linked to Rob Donn. Rob Donn is an...
Big Duncan Cameron’s DirkWest Highland Museum This heavy dirk has a special heritage. It belonged to Big Duncan Cameron, known in Gaelic as Donnchadh Mor Camshron. At the Battle of Prestonpans in 1745, Duncan was anxious to go forward before the battle but was held...
Knife from Culloden West Highland Museum This knife may be in a very sorry state, but played an important part of in Highland history. It was found near Drummossie Moor, near Inverness, at the site of the infamous Battle of Culloden, the last engagement of ‘The 1745’....
Holyroodhouse Ball FanWest Highland Museum This Jacobite fan was made for the Holyroodhouse Palace Ball in 1745. It is thought to be the work of the engraver Sir Robert Strange, a known Jacobite supporter. Prince Charles Edward Stuart (1720-88) had made significant...
Jacobite Printing Plate and PrintWest Highland Museum This fascinating object gives us an insight into a history that never happened. When Prince Charles Edward Stuart – better known as Bonnie Prince Charlie – arrived in the Outer Hebrides in the summer of 1745, he...
