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Museum
Represents a museum
WC
Yes
EventsForChildren
Yes
Place
The town or city
Cromarty
HearingLoop
No
IsIncludedThisYear
Yes
DisabledAccess
No
Activities
<p>Parking on street or Links car park <br />Limited disabled access - staff happy to assist.</p><p>website: <a href="http://www.cromarty-courthouse.org.uk">www.cromarty-courthouse.org.uk</a><a href="http://www.scran.ac.uk/"></a></p><p>email: cromartycourthouse@gmail.com</p>
OpeningTime1
12noon-4pm
ArchitectName
Thomas Brown (prison)
OpeningDate1
7/9/2019
OpeningDate2
8/9/2019
OpeningTime2
12noon-4pm
IsNewThisYear
No
ID
Google Panorama ID
10667
Refreshments
No
Street
The street address
Church Street
Postcode
IV11 8XA
Parking
Yes
DisabledWC
No
LimitedAccess
No
NotAccessible
No
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Cromarty Courthouse Museum
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
highlandblackislerosscromarty
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
2631
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Museum
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
current,57.68005,-4.031075;
Description
An account of the resource
<p>This A Listed building was completed in 1773 by George Ross, owner of the Cromarty Estate, using Government funds from lands forfeited after the unsucessful 1745 Jacobite Rising. The old Mercat Cross was moved to the front of the building just after it opened. The building was used for sittings of the Sheriff Court and other official purposes.</p><p>A high perimeter wall and cell block was added in 1847. The dome of the cupola was re-roofed by public subscription in the 1950s. The Town Council and Burgh Magistrates continued to use the building until the 1960s.</p><p>It was rescued from decay and restored in 1991 and is now run by a locally based Trust as a museum and visitor centre. The museum tells the story of Cromarty and the courtroom scene has lifelike figures with an audio enactment of a historic trial. Artefacts held in the museum date from the late Bronze Age (a newly acquired "Tress Ring") through to items donated by local people.</p>
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1782, 1844