Top 100 objects

Browse key artefacts from our properties across the country.

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Gargoyle

Water once flowed from the mouth of this singing musician, on display at Dunfermline Abbey.

Object number DNF/rg/3

Time Period: 16th century, Post-medieval

Property Information: Dunfermline Abbey and Palace

Object type: Gargoyle/Drainage spout

St John's Cross

St John’s Cross was once the finest of all the crosses on Iona.

Object number IONA082

Time Period: Early medieval, Medieval

Property Information: Iona Abbey

Object type: Cross

Shrine base

These eight stones once formed two bays of the base of a tomb or shrine.

Object number GLA/o/1a-i

Time Period: Medieval

Property Information: Glasgow Cathedral

Object type: Shrine

Carved oak panel - The Crucifixion

Carved in oak, this panel shows the crucifixion of Jesus – and is a very rare survival of the Protestant Reformation.

Object number EDZ002.4

Time Period: 16th century, Post-medieval

Property Information: Edzell Castle

Object type: Panel

Statue - Apollo

Originally a garden sculpture, this lead statue of Apollo once adorned the façade of Duff House.

Object number DUFF003

Time Period: 18th century, Modern

Property Information: Duff House

Object type: Statue

Statue - Mercury

Once a garden sculpture, this lead statue of Mercury later adorned the façade of Duff House – along with five others.

Object number DUFF005

Time Period: 18th century, Modern

Property Information: Duff House

Object type: Statue

Statue - Bacchus

This lead statue of Bacchus is one of six classical gods that once adorned the façade of Duff House.

Object number DUFF006

Time Period: 18th century, Modern

Property Information: Duff House

Object type: Statue

Niche statue - St Andrew

This finely carved 15th-century statue of St Andrew was originally found in Melrose Abbey.

Object number MEL/scp/13

Time Period: Medieval

Property Information: Melrose Abbey

Object type: Niche statue

Stirling Head - Jester

A full-length jester is carved on this oak medallion, part of the famous series of Stirling Heads.

Object number STC036

Time Period: 16th century, Post-medieval

Property Information: Stirling Castle

Object type: Carving

Bridge timber

One of a number of bridge timbers found in the moat at Caerlaverock Castle.

Object number CAER571

Time Period: Medieval

Property Information: Caerlaverock Castle

Object type: Bridge

Padlock

It was with this padlock that the Honours of Scotland – Scotland’s Crown jewels – were sealed away in 1707.

Object number EDIN089

Time Period: 18th century, Modern

Property Information: Edinburgh Castle

Object type: Lock

Book: Guide to Doune Castle

The covers of this guide to Doune Castle are made of wood from the Old Gallows Tree that once stood by the castle gates.

Object number DOU026

Time Period: 19th century, Modern

Property Information: Doune Castle

Object type: Book

Figurine

Known both as the ‘Orkney Venus’ and the ‘Westray Wifie’, this Neolithic figurine is just 4cm tall.

Object number LON001

Time Period: Neolithic, Prehistoric

Property Information: Links of Noltland

Object type: Figurine

Hogback stone

This medieval grave marker with Viking links is from a raised piece of ground near Inchcolm Abbey.

Object number INCL/o/6

Time Period: Early medieval, Medieval

Property Information: Inchcolm Abbey

Object type: Hogback

Decorative column

A lion’s head is among the ornate carvings on this column from the lower part of the King’s Fountain at Linlithgow Palace.

Object number LLP/o/42

Time Period: 16th century, Post-medieval

Property Information: Linlithgow Palace

Object type: Fountain

Dragonesque brooch

Several brooches from the time of Roman Britain were found at Edinburgh Castle during archaeological digs between 1988 and 1991.

Object number EDIN269

Time Period: Roman

Property Information: Edinburgh Castle

Object type: Brooch

Sexfoil cup

This lavish drinking vessel made of glazed earthenware was found at Arbroath Abbey.

Object number ARB069

Time Period: Medieval

Property Information: Arbroath Abbey

Object type: Cup

Pole weapon

This is one of nine pole weapons linked with the Radical War of 1820, also known as the Scottish Insurrection.

Object number STC123

Time Period: 19th century, Modern

Property Information: Stirling Castle

Object type: Pole weapon

Dupplin Cross

This early medieval was made around 800, when Kenneth MacAlpin was king of the Picts and Scots.

Object number DUP001.1

Time Period: Early medieval, Medieval

Property Information: St Serf's Church

Object type: Cross

Window panel – figure of Christ

Glasgow Cathedral once had a series of ornate windows made by the Royal Bavarian Stained Glass Works, Munich.

Object number GLA001

Time Period: 19th century, Modern

Property Information: Glasgow Cathedral

Object type: Window glass

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