Loch Maree Souvenir Biscuit Tin Gairloch Museum Gairloch has been an important tourist destination, particularly since Queen Victoria visited the area in 1877, staying at the Loch Maree Hotel. She wrote very favourably in her diary about her visit and the beauty of...
Socks in the Gairloch PatternGairloch Museum These socks are knitted in the unique ‘Gairoch pattern’, first documented in the mid-nineteenth century. The Mackenzies of Gairloch supported work schemes for their tenants during the potato famine in the 1840s. Spinning...
Paperknife and SpoonGairloch Museum John Mackenzie, who owned this paperknife and spoon, was one of the most important Gaelic scholars of his time. He is known as ‘John Mackenzie of the Beauties’ after his collection of biographical accounts and poetry of the best...
PotboilerGairloch Museum Potboilers are commonly found in Iron Age sites. They are usually smooth beach pebbles which have been used to heat water for a variety of purposes. The stones were heated in the fire and plunged into the cold water. Eventually, the dramatic...
Pictish Stone with Eagle and SalmonGairloch Museum This Pictish Stone is made of local Torridonian sandstone and was probably carved between AD 500 and 700. It was found around 1870, possibly in a cist burial, and moved to several different places in Gairloch before...
