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Gunflint from Stoneyfield, Inverness
04 January 2021
Gunflint from Stoneyfield, Inverness ©Image Courtesy of Inverness Museum & Art Gallery As firearms became more common, they required a gunflint to help create the spark. They first a...Full Story
Bobbin from Contin Bobbin Mill
02 December 2020
This wooden bobbin was reputedly made at a bobbin mill at Contin, Easter Ross. A number of mills in the 19th and 20th century in northern Scotland manufactured bobbins for textile factories in the sou...Full Story
Russian Lead Cloth Seal from Cromarty
02 November 2020
Over 100 lead seals have been found in fields around Cromarty on the Black Isle. The seals were fixed to bales of flax and then hemp in the late 1700s and first half of the 1800s, affirming the qualit...Full Story
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05/11/2020 - Highland Regional ScARF consultation documents and videos
The first draft chapters, case studies and maps for the Highland Regional ScARF are now up... More >>
02/11/2020 - Donate to the ARCH FACET appeal and get free masks!
The ARCH FACET appeal has raised around £1500 so far! Many thanks! New: any contribu... More >>
08/09/2020 - A New ARCH Project - Can You Help?
A New ARCH project – Can you Help? For the last 11 years ARCH has been pioneering... More >>
Site of the Month
04/01/2021 - Wilkhouse Inn© George Gunn A variety of inns are known from the Highlands, mainly from docu... More >>
Find of the Month
04/01/2021 - Gunflint from Stoneyfield, Inverness
Gunflint from Stoneyfield, Inverness ©Image Courtesy of Inverness Museum & Ar... More >>