Strathpeffer Work
Attribution: unknown (The ruin of Free Church in Jamestown)
Ardival Harps
Ardival Harps is a small business situated near the Victorian village of Strathpeffer. The firm specialise in Historical Scottish Harps and modern Clarsachs made from local timber, cut and kiln dried by a local hardwood sawmill. Proper seasoning ensures that the harps may be used in modern centrally-heated conditions. The woods used are beech, birch, lime and sycamore.
Ardival Harps also run holiday courses for beginners and players. Structured four-day courses offer an opportunity to combine a holiday in the Highlands with a chance to hear and learn different types of harps.
Strathpeffer Sawmill
Click on photo album to view thumbnails and then click thumbnail to see the full size images
The Eagle Stone, Strathpeffer
The Eagle Stone, Strathpeffer, and the boys from Class 7, Fodderty Primary School, who took the photographs, Mark Coupland, Michael Bartlett and Heather Maclennan.
September 1999, class 7 of Fodderty Primary School
In September 1999, class 7 of Fodderty Primary School, with Mrs Thomson as their teacher, undertook a study of Crannogs. The result of their efforts follows.
Pupils from Class 7, Fodderty Primary
Pupils from Class 7, Fodderty Primary, who took the photographs 22.9.99. Left to right - Nicky Bowen, Gordon Corbet, Emily Chalmers and Gemma Raby.
How to make a model Crannog
What we needed: raffia, straw, twigs and wood. We made an eight star base of wood and put in a centre post. We got some cocktail sticks, then stuck at the ends of the wood. We put twigs over the floor then covered it in moss. Then we wove raffia in and out of the cocktail sticks. We built a frame of twigs for the roof, we tied straw together to make bails that were then tied on the roof.
Pupils from P7
Left to right - Donald MacDonald, Ewan Murray,Nicky Bowen, Craig McAulay built the model and took the photographs
