Fan Mussel Shell Gairloch Museum This very large fan mussel shell was found in Loch Ewe and is believed to have been around twenty years old. It’s one of the largest examples ever found. Britain’s biggest bivalve shellfish, the fan mussel (slige-ghaotharain) is now...
Original copy of Down to the Sea Seaboard Centre Down to the Sea documents life in the Seaboard villages and was made during a project led by local school teacher Jessie MacDonald from Hilton. Whilst teaching at Hilton of Cadboll Junior Secondary School in 1951-52,...
Dog-Skin Fishing Buoy Strathnaver Museum Content warning. Some visitors may find this object upsetting. This is a gruesome but fascinating object! This buoy was made from the recycled skin of a dead dog. People discovered that dog skin wasn’t porous so could be used...
First Edition of Morning Tide, by Neil Gunn Dunbeath Heritage Museum Neil Gunn was one of the most important writers of Scottish fiction in the early twentieth century. His works explore Highland life, including the impact on communities of the Highland Clearances. He...
