oil painting showing a herd of black cattle and ginger cattle coming through a mountainous Highland pass with mountains in the background

Alexander MacArthur: The Brae Lochaber Drover

A drover’s flintlock pistol and walking stick that once belonged to the Brae Lochaber drover Alexander MacArthur  (1774 – approximately1844) was gifted to the Museum recently.  This blog has been written for us by the donor. Droving cattle was an important part of the Highland economy up to and including the 19th century. The droves […]

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