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View full screenOne of a group of models and drawings of the Eddystone Lighthouses - second lighthouse - model of J. Rudyerd's wooden lighthouse of 1709 - 1753, scale c. 1:96
T.1859.414.B.3
Lighthouse, Eddystone, second / model
Designer: Rudyerd, John, 1703 - 1709 (fl.)
Depicted: Eddystone Rocks, English Channel, North Atlantic, ATLANTIC OCEAN
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Flat oblong stone, notched on the sides and pierced with two holes, used as a charm for curing disease in Islay
One of four large amber beads used as a charm against blindness by the Macdonalds of Glencoe
One of four large amber beads used as a charm against blindness by the Macdonalds of Glencoe
One of four large amber beads used as a charm against blindness by the Macdonalds of Glencoe
One of four large amber beads used as a charm against blindness by the Macdonalds of Glencoe
Written charm to cure toothache bought from a professional witch at Kishorn, Lochcarron, and worn round the neck by a shepherd
Written charm to cure toothache given by the wife of a gamekeeper at Garve, Ross-shire, to a domestic servant in Dingwall in 1869
Perforated stone charm which was hung in a cow byre as protection against bewitchment, from Cumbernauld, Dunbartonshire
Charm made from a natural concretion which had been hung at the foot of the bed to ward off evil dreams, from Galloway
Charm made from a seed of Ipomoea Tuberosa, mounted for suspension, and engraved with cognisance and the motto of Macneil of Barra
Rock crystal ball with a silver frame and chain, the charmstone of the Stewarts of Ardsheal, 16th - 17th century