Self-taught geologist, folklorist and social justice campaigner – Hugh Miller was one of the great Scots of the 19th century. Taking inspiration from Miller’s life and work, Hugh Miller’s Birthplace Museum will host a series of immersive walking tours around Cromarty this summer. Participants will be invited to walk in the footsteps of the town’s inhabitants from earlier ages and explore how life in this part of Scotland has changed over the centuries.
This tour examines the experiences of Lydia, Hugh Miller’s wife, as well as the expectations for women of all classes and many occupations living in 18th and 19th century Cromarty, when it was a remote fishing community dependent on the herring “drave”.
Two further walking tours will run from April to October 2022: ‘Cromarty’s links to slavery and colonialism’ and ‘Cromarty’s links to war times’.
All tours will start at Hugh Miller’s Birthplace Museum. Information and booking details will be available on the National Trust for Scotland’s website soon.
Tickets are available to purchase from the front desk at Hugh Miller’s Birthplace Museum.
