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...
Photograph of Cromarty FishertownCromarty Courthouse Museum In 1903, local photographer Willie John Smith took a series of photographs of the people and scenes in the fishertown of Cromarty. Photographs like this are an important social document about the poverty...
Bed & Breakfast SignGairloch Museum Gairloch has been an important tourist destination since the late 1800s. Queen Victoria visited the area in 1877, staying at the Loch Maree Hotel. She wrote very favourably in her diary about her visit and the beauty of the...
FirelighterGairloch Museum Fires can be difficult to light, especially when your kindling is wet. This reusable fire lighter would have been invaluable for getting the flames going. It is made of a very absorbent stone similar to pumice. The stone would be dipped in...
Clay Spade Glencoe Folk Museum This spade was used for digging clay – possibly to make drainage ditches. Digging the land is hard work, especially when the land is made of compacted, wet clay! The sharp point of the spade would have been useful for piercing into the...
