Bronze-Age BeakerWest Highland Museum This special Bronze Age object dates to the Beaker Period, around 4,000 years ago. This period takes its name from the number of distinctive beakers found. This one was in a gravel knoll above the Nether Lochaber Hotel in Corran,...
Bronze Age Halberd – Modern ReproductionWest Highland Museum During the Bronze Age, halberds like this one were used as weapons, as well as for hunting and perhaps even as symbols of status and importance. Today, they are recognised as valuable archaeological...
Bronze Age Axe HeadUllapool Museum Axes like this were everyday tools during the Bronze Age and essential for survival. They were used for lots of tasks like butchering meat and scraping animal hides, but mostly for chopping down wood. Wood was an important fuel...
Stone Age AxeBrora Heritage Centre This is a polished stone axe head was made during the Neolithic period, between 4,400 and 10,000 years ago! It would have been strapped to a wooden shaft, so that it could be wielded like a modern hand axe. Axes were needed by people...
Tress RingCromarty Courthouse Museum While they may not look like money to us, ‘tress rings’ like this were actually used as currency by Celtic tribes. We call this ‘proto-currency’. Unlike coins, which have to be kept in purses or pouches, ring money could be worn on...
