Shinty Horn

Shinty HornBrora Heritage Centre To celebrate the birth of a son and heir to the Marquis and Marchioness of Stafford, a shinty match was played between a team from Clyne and a team drawn from Golspie on January 12th, 1829. A large crowd gathered to witness the...

Diving Medal

Diving MedalBrora Heritage Centre This special medal reveals the story of an unusual visitor to Brora during the town’s second ‘Highland Gathering’ in 1908. The day featured all the usual Highland Games activities, but there were a few other unusual attractions, such...

Medieval Reed Instrument

Medieval Reed InstrumentCromarty Courthouse Museum This instrument is known for its unusual sound, mostly heard nowadays on children’s television. It is made by vibrating a flexible reed between the lips. This medieval example actually dates from the fifteenth century...

Presentation Trowel and Mallet

Presentation Trowel and MalletCromarty Courthouse Museum The custom of using a special commemorative trowel, usually made in gold or silver, was established near the start of the nineteenth century. A beautifully decorative object, a trowel was used at the ceremonial...

Cardboard Satchel

Cardboard SatchelHighland Museum of Childhood This cardboard school bag was one of the philanthropic gifts handed out to children in the nineteenth century by Sir James Coats, a member of the Coats family from Paisley, who made their fortune from thread manufacture. ...