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Piece of Adolf Hitler's desk. Removed from the Bunker beneath the Chancellery in Berlin by Lt Col Richard Broad MC, Seaforth Highlanders. The desk had…

German binoculars taken by the 5th Bn Seaforth Highlanders in 1945.

Ammunition Pouch x 3. German equipment

Communication sped up throughout the twentieth century, but news wasn’t that new by the time it got to Shetland by sea. The wireless meant islanders…

Jaundice is a symptom, rather than a disease. Shetlanders used folk-remedies to try to cure the condition. One way was to drink water from a stream…

When off on a boat trip, people used this kind of box, known in Shetland as a bøst, to carry food or fishing flies. These boxes were made around…

Corncrake birds lived in Shetland for thousands of years, nesting in cornfields. However, they have nearly disappered from the islands for over thirty…

Around 1900 hundreds of Shetlanders left their native home. It was a time of hardship but also opportunity. People settled elsewhere in Britain, or…

Traditional fishing gear had two main parts – a baited hook to catch the fish, and a weight to sink the line into the sea. This is a specialised…

Tradional Shetland farmsteads had outbuildings connected to the house, so people could go through to the byre to tend to the cattle, even in the…

Whales are common in the North Atlantic, and since ancient times people have used their meat and oil. In regions with no trees, bones were fashioned…

Shetlanders wore knitted hats when off fishing, and the the multicoloured patterns contrasted with the brown oilskins and boots they wore. Visitors to…

Chimpanzee skull from Bell Pettigrew Natural History Museum handling collection for mammology studies

Black Bear Skull - The Bell Pettigrew Museum Teaching Collection

Porpoise Skull - Bell Pettigrew Museum Teaching Collection

Polar bear skull from the collections in the Bell Pettigrew Natural History, part of the Museums of the University of St Andrews.

Through a Glass Darkly - Digitisation of the Bridges Collection (a collection of Cypriot antiquities held at the University of St Andrews). Funded…

Collection of logo for use in the CUPIDO project

Startpoint Lighthouse

Film taken looking towards the tidal island of Start Point off Sanday. The first beacon was a masonry unlit tower. Then in 1806 a new lighthouse…

Whitemill Bay, Sanday, Orkney

This image was taken on top of the ruined cairn at Whitemill Point showing part of the wreck the ‘Wanga’ which came ashore in 1939. The stretch of…

Black Rock Jetty, Sanday, Orkney

The Black Rock Jetty was built to transport mail and passengers by boat to and from North Ronaldsay. With the onset of the plane it was no longer put…

Brickie Hut / Cata Sand, Sanday, Orkney

This was taken in front of the Brickie Hut, a control room in World War II, for a dummy airfield on the Plain of Fidge. It over looks Cata Sand and…

Burnt Mount, Sanday, Orkney

This is a reconstruction of the Burnt Mound which was re-excavated from the shore below Meur in the north of the island.

Croft, Sanday, Orkney

The Croft, whose inhabitants left in 1966, was taken over by the Heritage Group who, in 2011 started renovating the interior. The first image in of…

Croft, Sanday, Orkney

The Croft, whose inhabitants left in 1966, was taken over by the Heritage Group who, in 2011 started renovating the interior. The first image in of…

B98

The B98 was in the Battle of Jutland in the First World War. Latterly it was using as the mail boat for the German Fleet interned at Scapa flow. then…

Sanday Heritage Centre

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…

Sanday Heritage Centre

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…

Sanday Heritage Centre

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…

Sanday Heritage Centre

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…

Shapinsay, Orkney

Shapinsay is one of the Orkney Islands off the north coast of mainland Scotland. With an area of 29.5 square kilometres (11.4 sq mi), it is the eighth…

Sanday, Orkney

Sanday is one of the inhabited islands of Orkney that lies off the north coast of mainland Scotland.

Ronaldsay, Orkney

A tour of North Ronaldsay.

Westray, Orkney

Westray is one of the Orkney Islands in Scotland, with a usual resident population of a little over 550 people.

Comann Eachdraidh Uibhist a Tuath

CEUT was formed in 1989 and has over 300 members and 50 active volunteers. In 2017 CEUT became a SCIO prior to purchasing Carinish Old School.