Top 100 objects

Browse key artefacts from our properties across the country.

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Cross slab

Tall and majestic, this Pictish cross-slab may have been erected as part of a bigger structure inside the church at Meigle, Angus.

Object number MEIG002

Time Period: Early medieval, Medieval

Property Information: Meigle

Object type: Cross slab

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

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

Niche statue - The Virgin and Child

Though this Virgin and Child statue is damaged, its fine carving can still be admired.

Object number MEL/scp/12

Time Period: Medieval

Property Information: Melrose Abbey

Object type: Niche 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

Niche statue - St Paul

A finely carved statue of St Paul from the 15th century, which originally graced Melrose Abbey.

Object number MEL/scp/11

Time Period: Medieval

Property Information: Melrose Abbey

Object type: Niche statue

Niche statue - St Peter

This statue carries a book of scripture and the key of heaven, symbols usually linked with St Peter.

Object number MEL/scp/10

Time Period: Medieval

Property Information: Melrose Abbey

Object type: Niche statue

St Andrews Sarcophagus - main panel

Experts still debate the exact form and purpose of this object in St Andrews Cathedral.

Object number SAC543a

Time Period: Early medieval, Medieval

Property Information: St Andrews Cathedral

Object type: Sarcophagus

Stirling Head - Female courtier

Carved with the image of a female worthy, this oak roundel is one of the famous Stirling Heads.

Object number STC020

Time Period: 16th century, Post-medieval

Property Information: Stirling Castle

Object type: Carving

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

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

Comb

This birch wood comb, made in the 1400s, is carved from one piece of wood.

Object number CAER175

Time Period: Medieval

Property Information: Caerlaverock Castle

Object type: Comb

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

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

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

Chain of Office

Before Leith merged with Edinburgh in 1920, it was a municipal burgh in its own right.

Object number TRH204

Time Period: Modern

Property Information: Trinity House

Object type: Chain of office

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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