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...
IronNairn Museum This is a Victorian example of a household iron. Hollow on the inside, this ‘box iron’ was heated by a piece of hot iron, known as a slug, and then placed inside the space at the back. Box irons came with two slugs, so that one could be...
Nameplate of Dr GrantGlencoe Folk Museum This nameplate belonged to a much-loved Highland GP, Dr Lachlan Grant, who served the community of Ballachulish for 45 years until his death in 1945. A high-flying medical student at the University of Edinburgh Medical School,...
Floor Tile Brora Heritage Centre This red clay tile from a house is a very ordinary-looking object that gives us wonderful clues about the character who lived in it. It was uncovered during an archaeological excavation in 2022 and was probably from the summer...
Dr Gilbert’s StethoscopeBrora Heritage Centre Dr Robin Gilbert was the Brora GP for 11 years from 1964 to 1975. In those days, rural Highland GPs were on duty 24 hours a day, and in some cases for 365 days of the year. Dr Gilbert could receive a phone call in the...
