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Three Festive Feasts from The Highland Historian, The Highlanders Museum, and Castlehill Heritage Centre.Highland Christmas traditions, a memory of the Christmas Truce in WW1 and a Christmas shipwreck!Festive Fare :o) Hosted on Acast. See acast
The spooky story of Janet Nien Gibbie Gow and the Witch Pricker courtesy of Tain Museum Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Carved in the 8th century, this magnificent rock is named after the coastal village of Ulbster, south of Wick, where it was unearthed in 1770 in the graveyard at St. Martin’s Chapel. A few decades after its discovery, the stone was moved to the
An object from Portmahomack it is a composite blue glass stud inlaid with silver wire and red enamel and was made in the Pictish monastic smiths’ hall of the Pictish monastery at Portmahomack. The size of this blue glass stud belies its importa
The Gairloch Pictish Symbol Stone is a great example not only of Pictish carvings showing wildlife but also of the trials and tribulations of many Pictish stones which have had a chequered past between the time of their carving and their curren
On its discovery on the original site of the Hilton Stone, NMS lobbied/instructed that the base should be transported to Edinburgh to be exhibited alongside the larger section of the Stone already on display.The people of Hilton took exception
A bright, intricate Celtic-design bowl created by a Celtic artist at the home of artist and educator George Bain’s house in Drumnadrochit in the 1940s. Location: Groam House Museum, High St, Rosemarkie, Fortrose IV10 8UF Hosted on Acast. See ac
The Gunna Breac was a treasured possession of the MacDonalds of Dalchnosie originally dating to the late 17th/early 18th centuries. It was brought to the Battle of Culloden (1746) by Alexander MacDonald who fought with the Atholl Brigade. A fab
This 18th Century model of the Hector, which is heralded as ‘Canada’s Mayflower’ may seem innocuous, however the story that it depicts is one of suffering and destitution, yet hope and new beginnings. It holds within it the origins of the peopl
In 1903 an excavation at Hillhead Broch, a rather morbid discovery was made: a fragment of a human’s skull. This portion of bone – a fragment of the ‘parietal’ section of the skull – was notable for the presence of three drilled holes, which we
This enigmatic object forms part of Strathnaver Museum’s fishing display and has been an important part of the collection for decades. A fishing float made form the skin of dog. Gruesome and fascinating in equal part. Location: Strathnaver Muse
A small hoard of silver coins found near the site of the Battle of Carbisdale and how they connect Tain to Marilyn Monroe Location: Tain Through Time, Tain & District Museum, Tower St, Tain IV19 1DZ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mo
Compiled in 1814 by John Brown this genealogical tree charts the various branches of Clan Donald from Somerled, to the Lords of the Isles and onwards. It is beautifully illustrated and features famous names such as Robert the Bruce and MacIain,
This whalebone figurine dates from circa 2900 – 2400 BC and was originally discovered at Skara Brae in Orkney 1850s. It was found in a stone bed compartment. It was illustrated by the antiquarian George Petrie in the 1860s, but until recently i
The Noss Head Light was designed and supervised by Alan Stevenson, uncle of Robert Louis Stevenson, it was completed in 1849 by Robert Arnot of Inverness. The Fresnel lens, which is approximately 6ft in diameter, rotates by clockwork machinery
This Jacobite relic was found in a shop in London in 1924. At first glance it looks like smears of oil paint on a wooden panel, but is in fact an anamorphic painting. When paired with a reflecting cylinder a hidden portrait of the Prince is rev
To wish everyone a very Merry Christmas we have four festive objects A Victorian Christmas Pamphlet from Nairn MuseumQueen Mary's Christmas gift to the troops in 1914 from Groam House MuseumA Christmas Advent Calendar from The Museum of Childh
Awarded to Sgt Alexander Edwards of the 6th Seaforth Highlanders. A native of Lossiemouth, son of a local fisherman, for conspicuous bravery in action at the Battle of Passchendaele on the 31st of July 1917. His story of courage, bravery, and u
‘Lorg Baile Bhlàir is looking into the early settlement of Inverlael and Balblair. During phase one of the project when Ullapool Museum conducted archaeological surveys, they uncovered a prize find. An Illicit Whisky Still. The Highlands are li
The Drummond tartan silk satin dress was made in the 1840s. It is a two-part dress comprising of a bodice and skirt made of red/blue/green and white silk satin with cream tulle trim around the neck and sleeves.The dress is one of two dresses ma
This costume is one of a number donated to Castletown Heritage Society by a descendant of the costume’s owner. Her son emigrated to the USA in the late 1800s but regularly sent home clothes for his mother. As she was a widow, and at the time th
This beautiful silk brocade dress is thought to have been designed and made by James Lehman in Spitalfields, London in about 1710. Although the dress would have originally been a Mantua, it has been much altered over the years. The colours of t
A gansey is a warm and largely waterproof jumper that was used by fishermen. Knitting a gansey requires great skill. Each had a very distinctive and intricate pattern It is alleged that the patterns either represented a family group or a local
This beautiful dress dates to the 1740s and was made with silk from Spitalfields. It supposedly belonged to an upper-class Jacobite supporter. The dress was passed down through the generations of a local family and seems to have been altered at
Between the 1870s & 1950s, men from the shores of Loch Broom, found a working life in the wealthy world of big yacht racing. Owners from some of Britain’s richest families employed men from this area because of their excellent seamanship skills
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