Articles from Tain & District Museum
The Pitcalnie Papers: the last two letters sent between Malcolm Ross and his stepmother Naomi Ross, Lady Pitcalnie. Malcolm's letter was sent from Dunkirk in France on January 26th, 1762 shortly before his death, Naomi's reply was likely never received by Malcolm.
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A letter from Thomas Ross of Calrossie (pictured) to Alexander Ross of Pitcalnie. Thomas writes concerned, that if the tenants at Kincardine continue to wear the Highland Dress at 'Kirk and Mercat', it will result in a visit from the 'Troops.'
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A guest Blog from Selina Graham who is researching Katherine Ross Lady Fowlis.
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Malcolm Ross of Pitcalnie, who was wounded at the Battle of Little Ferry, writes to his father the chief of Clan Ross whilst in exile in Rotterdam.
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One of several articles from the Peoples Journal in 1932 written by W J Munro from Tain.
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Dr. Ross dodges the humiliation of appearing before the congregation of Tain in a Sackcloth.
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A horrible story or perhaps just 15th-century propaganda against the powerful MacDonald Earls of Ross.
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A short account of the Battle of 'Bealach nam Broig' where the Munro and Dingwall Clans were said to have won a 'sorrowful victory' which resulted in the deaths of both their chiefs.
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A poem regarding a concerned whale warning his son of the dangers of the Dornoch Firth, written by an unknown author likely after the tragic stranding of a pod of whales there in 1927.
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An extract from a set of notes on Death and Dying.
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