Rope TwisterGairloch Museum Rope was an essential commodity, used for everything from fishing to thatching to simply tying things together. Before the days of man-made fibres, rope was made from natural materials such as straw, marram grass, horsehair, or hemp....
Paraffin LampUllapool Museum In the 1840s, coal was distilled to make kerosene, known as paraffin, as a substitute for whale oil for lighting. Later made from petroleum, paraffin was commonly used during the second half of the nineteenth century. Many of these lamps...
Lightouse SundialGairloch Museum This brass sundial would have sat on a pedestal within the perimeter wall on the south side of Rubh Reidh lighthouse. It is regulation issue and is engraved with the name of the lighthouse, its coordinates, and the makers Adie and Son...
Stoneware Ginger Beer Bottle Brora Heritage Centre This stoneware bottle once held ginger beer made in one of Bremner’s ‘lemonade factories’. With Brora becoming a resort destination around the turn of the century, with its beach, golf course, salmon rivers, and...
Tackity Boots Glencoe Folk Museum Boots like these were worn by quarry workers to protect their feet. Ballachulish Quarry was established in the late seventeenth century and provided industry in the region for many years. The slate was formed during Precambrian...
