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. ...
Glass GobletBrora Heritage Centre This sherry glass may look very ordinary, but its story is connected to the last person to drink from it! It was actually was used by the late Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh (1921-2021), on his visit to the mine on May 3rd,...
Wooden ladle Nairn Museum This wooden ladle with a hooked handle would have been very common in households in across the Highlands. Versatile objects, they were used for stirring dishes or as a drinking spoon to serve milk or soup. Most ladles would have been hung on...
MiddenWest Highland Museum Whoever knew rubbish could be so revealing? This Mesolithic midden, or Stone-Age rubbish heap, is able to provide archaeologists with an array of insights into past peoples. Middens can contain clues about past human diet, the environment,...
Iron RationThe Highlanders’ Museum Tins such as these are known as iron rations. This one was issued to the Lovat Scouts on arrival at Cape Town in March, 1900. The regiment had been raised to fight in the South African Boer War, 1899 – 1901. The Lovat...
