Coal Brora Heritage Centre At first glance, a piece of coal may seem like an odd object for a museum, but coal has been central to the story and history of Brora for many centuries! Coal was first discovered in Brora in 1529. It was to play a key role in Brora’s...
Fish FossilNairn Museum This unusual object is actually a fossilised ‘armoured’ fish from the Middle Devonian period, which is often termed ‘the Age of the Fishes’. It was towards the end of the Devonian period that fish crawled out onto land and would...
Vitrified Rock from Dun LagaidhUllapool Museum This small piece of rock may not look very special, but it is actually from the fort of Dun Lagaidh. Around the twelfth century, Dun Lagaidh was refortified from a simple wooden fort to a stone Dun. Dun Lagaidh appears...
Ammonite FossilSeaboard Centre Ammonite fossils are extremely useful to geologists because the species evolved rapidly. This means each different species had a short and distinct lifespan providing important information about the strata (layer of rock) each one is...
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...
