MISCELLANEOUS

 

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Poem

Typed poem entitled "A Peat-Smooran Prayer"

List of evictions

List of evictions from Brubster and Shurrey between 1838 – 1839.

Cigar Box

Silver plated cigar box in the form of a gun carriage, with hardwood base and silver plated wheels and handles.  The lid of the cigar box has a cannon and five cannon balls.  The mouth of the cannon is wide, possibly for holding matches.  One side of the box has engraved “Presented by the Countess of Caithness to the Caithness Artillery Volunteer Association, October 1877”.

 

Sir John Sinclair

Coloured print on paper of a painting of Sir John Sinclair. Sir John is pictured standing in the uniform of the Caithness Fencibles. By Sir Henry Raeburn.

 

Iron cannon

Small cast iron cannon. The top of the cannon has a small oval plaque with the initials B S embossed on it.

 

Diver

Believed to have worked on Scrabster Harbour in the 1870s.
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