Medieval Round ShotStrathnaver Museum This round shot is made from stone and is believed to have been fired from a cannon present at the Siege of Borve Castle in Sutherland in August, 1554. Though now a ruin, the castle had been an important stronghold of the Clan...
Seal MatrixCromarty Courthouse Museum This is a very fine bronze seal matrix, shown with its wax impression. It would have been used by a wealthy and influential person to apply a wax seal to important documents and letters. Probably dating from the sixteenth...
Quern StoneCromarty Courthouse Museum Quern stones were used to grind a range of cereals and grains into flour. This made them incredibly valuable to the homelives of those in the medieval period as a way of benefiting directly from their crops within the home. They...
Pilgrim Token Cromarty Courthouse Cromarty was on the pilgrimage route to the shrine of St Duthac in Tain. Pilgrims often carried small tokens to show that they were on a pilgrimage. These were often small lead bottles to hold Holy Water or lead fish that were sewn...
Crotal BellsCromarty Courthouse Crotal bells, also known as rumble bells, were used on horses and horse-drawn vehicles from the early medieval period. They were hung on the horse harness in order to tell other vehicles that they were coming and were therefore an...
