Posts Tagged ‘National Museums of Scotland’
Personal belongings of young man buried in a peatbog on Isle of Lewis in 1700s to go on display
A well-preserved knitted bonnet and personal belongings of a young man who was buried in a peatbog on the Isle of Lewis in the 1700s are to be displayed in a new exhibition. In 1964, the body of a young man was discovered on Arnish Moor, south of Stornoway. Forensic analysis at the time revealed…
Read MoreThe Ilay Glynne dial: ‘Masterpiece’ 18th century sundial made for founder of RBS acquired for the nation
It was made for the founder of the Royal Bank of Scotland, one of the most politically powerful figures in the first half of the 18th century, and used to measure local time from the Sun. But now the Ilay Glynne dial, an ornate ‘masterpiece’, has been acquired for the nation and following extensive conservation…
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