Brass Bell Ullapool Museum This brass bell belonged to Reverend Malcolm MacLeod. He would ring the bell at Sunday School, which he held at the Church of Scotland on Lewis. In the 1800s, it was common for children to go to Sunday School. Not all children were able to...
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...
Cromarty Artillery Volunteers Challenge Cup Cromarty Courthouse Museum This cup gives us a great insight into attitudes in Cromarty during the mid-Victorian era. At the time, many people feared another possible war with France. Parliament developed a series of forts...
Photo of the Fleet in the Cromarty FirthCromarty Courthouse Museum This black and white photograph from 1911 reminds us that the Cromarty Firth was a major base for the Royal Navy in the first half of the twentieth century. Cromarty became intimately associated with...
The Methods of Construction of Celtic Knotwork Groam House Museum This educational page was designed by George Bain (1881 – 1968), the artist and educator born in Scrabster in Caithness. Bain was captivated by intricate Pictish stones, early medieval illuminated...
