Dingwall Lemonade Bottle Brora Heritage Centre Before plastic bottles, lemonade and other fizzy drinks were produced in ceramic bottles like these. The lemonade factory was just one of many production industries in Dingwall. Nowadays, only the sawmill remains. ...
Bronze Age Axe HeadUllapool Museum Axes like this were everyday tools during the Bronze Age and essential for survival. They were used for lots of tasks like butchering meat and scraping animal hides, but mostly for chopping down wood. Wood was an important fuel...
Simrad Echo Sounder Ullapool Museum Echo-sound technology like this Simrad echo sounder cleverly works to locate objects under the sea. By sending out sound waves and recording the time it takes for the echo to return, the echo sounder is able to detect the depth of...
Raptor Claw Brooch Grantown Museum This set of talons come from a bird of prey, probably a golden eagle. The claw has been made into a brooch and dates from the late 1800s. During this period, jewellery made from animal and insect parts was considered the height of...
Glass Milk BottleGrantown Museum Glass milk bottles were once the most common way to package milk. In the mid-1900s, there were over 300 dairy farms across the Highlands. Many, like J. A. Grant sold milk in their own branded bottles, delivered to customers by milkmen....
