View from a Croft
Artist: Sarah Helen Dowse
Exhibiting: May & June 2022
Working mainly in pastel on paper or card, Sarah has taken inspiration for her exhibition from the views she sees daily from her home as well as still life studies of homegrown flowers, fruit and vegetables.
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Publications
We have a wide range of books, booklets, pamphlets and leaflets researched and written by Museum volunteers and members of the local community. Some are produced as published books and booklets while others are printed in-house. All are available to purchase from our Museum shop. If you would like to place an order, please contact info@gairlochmuseum.org or call 01445 712 287. If you are looking for information on a specific topic, or would like more details about any of the listed publications, please get in touch.
Books
Gaelic Words and Phrases from Wester Ross/Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar by/le Roy Wentworth £30
John H Dixon's Guide to Gairloch and Loch Maree £25
Eighty Years in the Highlands by Pauline Butler £14.99
Escaping Isolation- how Gairloch joined the World by Jeremy Fenton £10
Na Gaisgich - The Heroes of Gairloch Parish World War I by Willie MacRobbie and Ann Roots £15
Na Gaisgich - The Heroes of Gairloch Parish World War II by Willie MacRobbie and Ann Roots £15
Gairloch village history and place-name trails: Explore the hisotry of the village and learn more about the Gaelic place-names by Nevis Hume £5
Explore Series £4
A4 booklets, printed in black and white, giving a description of the local history of each area. Each ncludes photographs, sketches and in some cases maps.
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Kinlochewe and Area
Exploring Gairloch's South Side
The Road to the Lighthouse
Poolewe and District I (Tollaidh to Tournaig)
Poolewe and District II (Poolewe to Cove)
Around Aultbea
Looking at Laide & Area
A Bed for the Night (History of local Hotels)
The Islands of Gairloch Parish
Following in the steps of Queen Victoria
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More about ... £6
A4 booklets, printed in colour.
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Finlay Mackinnon, The Poolewe Artist by Pauline Butler
Gruinard Island, Anthrax Island: its history, landscape, people, archaeology and wartime experiments by Jane MacInt​yre
Mini Booklets
A5 booklets, some colour some black and white, giving further details on the topic
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Museum Souvenir Booklet £4
The history of our AAOR Building £1.50
Poolewe - the Londubh Burial Ground & Pictish Stone £4
Harvesting the Sea £1.80
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Museum leaflets 50p
Milling and Mills
Loch Maree Iron Works
Croft and Crofting
Why So Many Churches
Knitting – Stag’s head
Knitting – Thistle
Slaggan
Rubha Re
The Sinking of the William H Welch
Sleepy Time Gal (Fairy Lochs)
Anthrax Island
The Anti-Aircraft Operations Room
Geology
Map locating the defence structures and incidents during World War II
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Self-guided short local walk leaflets
​Achtercairn Archaeology Trail (A4 sheet) 50p
​AAOR to Glebe (99mm x 210mm or 1/3 A4) 50p
Glebe to village/Mihol (99mm x 210mm or 1/3 A4) 50p
AAOR to Golf Course (99mm x 210mm or 1/3 A4) 50p
Golf Course to Harbour (99mm x 210mm or 1/3 A4) 50p
Wild West Wanders £2.50 each, or all 6 for £12
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Guidebooks
​Guide to Gairloch & District by Jeremy Fenton £4
Archaeology and Nature Walks by Jeremy Fenton £4
Walk Wester Ross: 50 + walks Loch Torridon to Little Loch Broom by Jeremy Fenton £4
Hills of Wester Ross Gairloch District from Little Loch Broom to Loch Torridon by Jeremy Fenton £4
Above Achtercairn by Jeremy Fenton £4
Prehistoric Roundhouses of Wester Ross by Jeremy Fenton £4
Above Achtercairn: Archaeology Trail and More by Jeremy Fenton £4
Wild Wester Ross by Jeremy Fenton £4
Wester Ross Rocks by Jeremy Fenton £4
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