Top 100 objects

Browse key artefacts from our properties across the country.

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Print - Crichton Castle (East Side of the Court Yard)

An engraving of Crichton Castle by R.

Object number E6379

Time Period: 19th century, Modern

Property Information: Crichton Castle

Object type: Print

Painting: Sergeant A Lawrence of the Dumbarton Volunteer Rifle Corps

In 1882, Sergeant Lawrence won the Queen’s Prize at Wimbledon – a top shooting prize.

Object number DUM178

Time Period: 19th century, Modern

Property Information: Dumbarton Castle

Object type: Painting

Oil on Canvas - View of the Clyde and Dumbarton Rock

Painted in the 1850s, this oil landscape shows Dumbarton Rock from the south bank of the River Clyde.

Object number DUM373

Time Period: 19th century, Modern

Property Information: Dumbarton Castle

Object type: Painting

Telescope

A brass telescope thought to have belonged to the first lighthouse keeper at Kinnaird Head.

Object number KH213

Time Period: Modern

Property Information: Kinnaird Head

Object type: Telescope

Pig iron ingot

An iron ‘pig’ or ingot made at Invergarry Furnace.

Object number BON019

Time Period: 18th century, Modern

Property Information: Bonawe Iron Furnace

Object type: Ingot

Musket

This India pattern flintlock musket with a 39-inch barrel can be seen on display at Fort George.

Object number HBM3709

Time Period: 18th century, Modern

Property Information: Fort George

Object type: Musket

Cresset lamp

Inchmahome Priory would once have been bathed in a soft glow by lamps such as this one.

Object number INCM015

Time Period: Medieval

Property Information: Inchmahome Priory

Object type: Lamp

Bone gaming counter

This bone object is thought to be a playing piece from a Viking board game called Hnefatafl.

Object number DIRL018

Time Period: Early medieval, Medieval

Property Information: Dirleton Castle

Object type: Gaming counter

Fire engine

Last used in 1929 to fight a fire at Glenlossie Distillery, this fire engine was pulled by a pair of horses.

Object number DHU018

Time Period: 19th century, Modern

Property Information: Dallas Dhu Distillery

Object type: Fire engine

Gargoyle

Known as Angus, this gargoyle once acted as a spout to direct rainwater from the roof of Caerlaverock Castle.

Object number CAER/o/1

Time Period: Medieval

Property Information: Caerlaverock Castle

Object type: Gargoyle/Drainage spout

Font panel

The slight curve to the back of this medieval panel from Crossraguel Abbey suggests that it was a section of a baptismal font.

Object number CGL/o/1

Time Period: Medieval

Property Information: Crossraguel Abbey

Object type: Font

Jewellery box

Twists of paper and metallic threads were used to make the pattern on the lid and sides of this wooden jewellery box.

Object number DUM146

Time Period: 19th century, Modern

Property Information: Dumbarton Castle

Object type: Jewellery box

Ochre grinding mortar

Traces of ochre still dot this mortar (grinding vessel) found at Skara Brae, a Neolithic settlement on Orkney.

Object number X.HA.28

Time Period: Neolithic, Prehistoric

Property Information: Skara Brae

Object type: Mortar

Bone whistle

This bone whistle found at the Neolithic settlement of Skara Brae may have been used to make music to attract prey.

Object number X.2017.42.7528

Time Period: Neolithic, Prehistoric

Property Information: Skara Brae

Object type: Musical Instrument

Beads

These beads may have been used as a necklace more than 4,500 years ago.

Object number SKB055

Time Period: Neolithic, Prehistoric

Property Information: Skara Brae

Object type: Bead

Lock and key

Storing gunpowder was a dangerous business.

Object number DUM368

Time Period: 18th century, Modern

Property Information: Dumbarton Castle

Object type: Key

Incised stone

Pictish decoration has been carved into this stone block found in Orkney.

Object number GUR018

Time Period: Early medieval, Medieval

Property Information: Broch Of Gurness

Object type: Carved stone

Trebuchet ball

This heavy ball was made to be hurled at a castle’s defences from a siege machine known as a trebuchet.

Object number BTH/o/39

Time Period: Medieval

Property Information: Bothwell Castle

Object type: Trebuchet ball

Barrow

A large coke barrow used at Biggar Gasworks, South Lanarkshire, in the mid-20th century.

Object number BG.02.18

Time Period: Modern

Property Information: Biggar Gasworks

Object type: Barrow

Toy soldiers and horses

These wooden toy soldiers and horses were found hidden below flooring at Stirling Castle.

Object number E362

Time Period: Modern

Property Information: Stirling Castle

Object type: Toy

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