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...
Salmon Box BrandCromarty Courthouse Museum Salmon has been fished from the firths for centuries. Fish were caught by long nets from the shore then brought in by winch. In Cromarty, the fish were boxed in ice and branded at the harbour so that the contents could be...
Fish Box StencilUllapool Museum There have been settlements along the north coast of Scotland for many centuries, motivated in large part due to the opportunities to fish here. This fish box stencil was for R Spears & Co West Coast Kippers, a company based in...
Harbour BooksTarbat Discovery Centre These large ledgers provide an insight into maritime trade in Portmahomack during the 1800s. They give details of where ships arriving into Portmahomack harbour had sailed from, how long they stayed, and their cargo. At this time,...
Harbour LightTarbat Discovery Centre This nineteenth-century harbour light was originally used as the port (or left-hand side) navigation light on a ship. It was later reused on a pole at the end of Portmahomack harbour wall as a guiding light for boats returning to...
