06 July 2023

Heritage in Action Days at the Highland Folk Museum offer you the chance to see and take part in a range of activities across the museum. There will be demonstrations of traditional skills including rope making, spinning, waulking the cloth and lots more. Activities may differ on different dates. Activites are 11-1 and 2-4pm. Entry by donation, car parking charges apply. Further information from Highland Folk Museum website

06 July 2023

Donald Ross and the Highland Clearances

Talk by Dr Andrew Ross

Organised by Tain & Easter Ross Civit Trust. Venue: Clan Ross room, Royal Hotel, Tain. Non-members £5

This is the story of Donald Ross and his involvement in the Highland Clearances. Donald was born in Clashmore in 1813 and took over the Clashmore Mill, when his father died in 1838. He and his family were subsequently evicted, after fighting against this in the Supreme Court in Edinburgh. He moved to Glasgow and became Agent for the Poor and in the 1850’s was an outspoken critic of the Highland Clearances. The talk by Andrew Ross will concentrate on Donald’s involvement with the Clearances in Ross-shire, Barra, Skye, and Knoydart. The talk will feature “The Massacre of the Rosses in Strathcarron” which involved people being imprisoned in Tain Tolbooth.