Green Steel HelmetThe Highlanders’ Museum This helmet tells us about the fate of one man captured by Nazis during World War Two. It belonged to a soldier from the 51st Highland Division. This regiment took part in the Dunkirk invasion during World War Two but...
Photographs of Private James IngramThe Highlanders’ Museum Nowadays we are more used to seeing people with a range of physical impairments taking part in sport. However, at the time these photos were taken, such activity was more unusual. They show Private James...
Captured Russian DrumThe Highlanders’ Museum This bronze-coloured drum was captured from the Russian Army by the 79th Regiment at the Battle of Alma during the Crimean War. In this war, the Russians were fighting against four major European powers in response to...
Trumpet Foghorn from a LighthouseGairloch Museum Rubh Reidh lighthouse stands at the entrance of Loch Ewe in Wester Ross. It was finally finished in 1912, after decades of requests for a lighthouse at this point. This large, cast-iron object is the foghorn trumpet....
Sculpture of ‘Kenn and the Salmon’ Dunbeath Heritage Museum This artwork located by the harbour in the village of Dunbeath was commissioned by the Neil Gunn Society in 1991. It marks the centenary of the author’s birth and was designed by Alex Main (1940 –...
