Korean Porcelain Vase Seaboard Centre In 1872, thirty-year-old John Ross was sent by the Scottish United Presbyterian Mission to northeast China, where he founded the Dongguan Church in Shenyang and became acquainted with traders from Korea. John Ross is a very...
South Korean Map Seaboard Centre This map of Pyongan Province in South Korea dates back to the early 1800s. It is part of the Seaboard Centre collection because of long-standing connections between the area of Easter Ross and Christians in present-day South Korea. ...
Drawing of John Cobb’s World Record Attempt Groam House Museum On the 29th September, 1952, a crowd gathered to watch racing driver John Cobb attempt to break the world speed record, this time on water. Cobb had already held the world record for the fastest...
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...
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...
