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Lance Corporal Leigh of the Seaforth Highlanders during the Italian campaign, February 1944.

The 7th Seaforth Highlanders waiting to advance, June 1944.

British tanks in Goch after its capture, February 1945.

British forces advancing through the Gothic Line, September 1944.

Men of 2nd Seaforth Highlanders with a captured German anti-tank gun, May 1940.

The 7th Seaforth Highlanders advancing in Normandy, June 1944.

The 5/7th Gordon Highlanders in a defensive position, June 1944.

The 5/7th Gordon Highlanders in the Reichswald, February 1945.

The 7th Seaforth Highlanders escort German prisoners captured during the Rhine Crossing, March 1945.

The 2nd Seaforth Highlanders in the Reichswald, February 1945.

Private Davies of 5th Seaforth Highlanders riding a captured German pack mule, August 1943.

Men of 2nd Seaforth Highlanders advancing along a road in Sicily, July 1943.

Men of 1st Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders digging trenches in France, November 1939.

The British commander General Fortune just after surrendering to Erwin Rommel at St. Valery-en-Caux, June 1940.

Side Drum - made for use by the Pipe Band formed by Prisoners of War. It bears the badge of the Seaforth Highlanders. Part of the Highlander’s Mueum collection (Queen’s Own Highlanders Collection).

Jersey made from scaps of wool by 2 Lt TD Scott, 4th Bn Seaforth Highlanders while a Prisoner of War.

Rifle heavily encrusted in marine silt. Photographed in situ in custom display box.

Despatch box used by Adolf Hitler. Removed from the Bunker beneath the Chancellery in Berlin by Lieutenant Colonel I F Anderson OBE MC, Seaforth Highlanders in May 1945. Part of the Highlander’s Museum collection (Queen’s Own Highlanders Collection).

German 'Schu' Mine used in the Italian campaign of 1944, captured by the 6th Bn Seaforth Highlanders. These small anti-personnel mines were particularly dangerous as their wooden casing made them impossible to detect using a magnetic min detector.…

Westray Heritage Centre is a four-star museum, archive and information centre in the island’s main village of Pierowall.

The Heritage Centre is situated in Lady Village in the formal Temperance Hall and was opened in May 2014. The main areas of display are Natural History, (nature on land, links and shore), Archaeology, (Sanday ‘archaeologically has the best landscape…

Situated just a stones throw away from the pier, in a building that also includes the ferry waiting room and toilets, is the Rousay Heritage Centre. Telling the rich and varied story of Rousay including detailed information on its archaeology,…

Sgraffiato bowl hand painted in green and yellow. Incised design of a human figure possibly female. Byzantine wares produced on a large scale. Byzantine.

A tour of a temporary exhibit in Scapa Flow museum

Part of Comann Eachdraidh Uibhist a Tuath (Historical Society of North Uist) heritage collection. North Uist Historical Society Known as CEUT, this dynamic local history society was formed in October 1987 and has gradually built up a collection of…

Part of Comann Eachdraidh Uibhist a Tuath (Historical Society of North Uist) heritage collection. North Uist Historical Society Known as CEUT, this dynamic local history society was formed in October 1987 and has gradually built up a collection of…

Part of Comann Eachdraidh Uibhist a Tuath (Historical Society of North Uist) heritage collection. North Uist Historical Society Known as CEUT, this dynamic local history society was formed in October 1987 and has gradually built up a collection of…

Carved stone head of male figure. The hair and diadem are evident. Some damage noticeable around the facial features but in very good condition otherwise. Late Antique.

Samian Ware oil lamp. Circular lamp with well preserved motif of an olive branch. Olive oil was most likely the type of oil used to fuel oil lamps in the Mediterranean. Roman.

Unguentarium produced from terracotta, thought to be used for carrying oil or perfume. Roman.

Stromness Museum is an independent museum based in Stromness, Orkney.

The New Shetland Museum and Archives at Hay's Dock, Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland, was officially opened on 31 May 2007 by HM Queen Sonja of Norway and the Duke & Duchess of Rothesay.

Wideford Hill Chambered Cairn is an excellent example of Neolithic design and construction. It is well preserved, with a high central chamber and three cells opening off it. Today the tomb is accessed through the roof, rather than original long and…

Cuween Hill Chambered Cairn is a Neolithic chambered cairn on Mainland, the main island of Orkney, Scotland, about 6 miles west of Kirkwall. It dates to around 3,000 BCE, and is similar in design to Maeshowe, but on a smaller scale.

Scapa flow exhibition showing history during the First and Second World Wars

The Wick Heritage Museum can be found in a rather small, nondescript house near the harbour of the far north-Scotland town of Wick. But don't let its size fool you as this museum is housed in a tardis-like building that's way bigger than you might at…

Site of Caen Highland Township, vacated as part of the 19th Century highland clearances

A former highland township. After the highland clearances 200 years ago just a few stones leave evidence of where life had been lived for thousands of years.

Timespan is a cultural organisation in Helmsdale, Sutherland in the Far North of Scotland. It offers a high quality venue with a museum, contemporary art gallery, archive, shop and cafe. Established in 1986, Timespan has developed from a community…

Helmsdale is a village on the east coast of Sutherland, in the Highland council area of Scotland. The modern village was planned in 1814 to resettle communities that had been removed from the surrounding straths as part of the Highland Clearances.

View from summit of Stac Pollaidh

Isle Martin is an uninhabited island in Loch Broom, on the west coast of Scotland. It is the closest Summer Isles to Ullapool and has been the site of a monastery, a herring curing station and a flour mill.

With some of the most spectacular mountain scenery in Scotland, Torridon is a magnet for walkers, geologists and naturalists. The estate includes some of Scotland's finest mountain scenery, comprising Liathach, 1,054m (3,456ft) which has seven tops…

How to use: Scroll around each scene using your mouse or by moving your smart phone. Look for interactive links to photos and information about the site. Click on the "portals" to change scene. If using PC or Laptop, double click on the tour window…

At the southern end of the island you will find a monument to one of Berneray’s most notable sons, Giant Macaskill (Aonghas Mor MacAsgaill). Born in Berneray, he spent most of his life in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, and he was said to be the world…

Iain Crawford, a passionate archaeologist and ethnographer who was influenced by the writings of Erskine Beveridge, decided to concentrate his searches in the 1960s on sites that might have been continuously inhabited over a very long period and yet…

Dun an Sticir is an example of how in mediaeval times the original Iron Age 'brochs', hollow walled windowless fortifications often built on islands and reached by a tricky causeway, were later adapted for more domestic purposes. The building of…