{"id":46603,"date":"2026-05-05T16:04:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T15:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=46603"},"modified":"2026-05-05T12:38:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T11:38:17","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-doorstep-highland-council-approve-funds-for-iron-age-roundhouse-at-gairloch-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=46603","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the doorstep\u2019: Highland Council approve funds for Iron Age Roundhouse at Gairloch Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Gairloch_Heritage_Museum_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4215567.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Gairloch_Heritage_Museum_-_geograph.org_.uk_-_4215567-Custom.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-46604\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Gairloch_Heritage_Museum_-_geograph.org_.uk_-_4215567-Custom.jpg 600w, https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Gairloch_Heritage_Museum_-_geograph.org_.uk_-_4215567-Custom-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-gray-color has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-a76d9bf9b275b009e4afed583a58157f\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Gairloch_Heritage_Museum_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4215567.jpg\">image for illustration: Gairloch Heritage Museum by\u00a0Ian S, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Plans to construct a full-scale replica of an Iron Age Roundhouse at Gairloch Museum in Wester Ross have been backed by Highland Council, following a grant funding award of \u00a345,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Highland Council writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Monday 27 April Councillors on the Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh committee approved the Community Regeneration Fund award which will go towards the \u00a3279,725 project within the existing and well-visited Outdoor Museum. The project seeks to create an educational and interpretive structure that brings prehistoric Wester Ross to life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Councillors agreed that the project will deliver benefits including heritage preservation, community wellbeing, skills training, education and tourism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The project, which aims to boost local employment and volunteer opportunities, has demonstrated strong support in consultations with community groups. The development phase of the project runs from June 2026 until June 2027, with construction and programming extending into 2028. The CRF supports projects that increase community resilience, tackle poverty, address rural depopulation, aid economic recovery and promote climate action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.highland.gov.uk\/news\/article\/17225\/council-approve-funds-for-iron-age-roundhouse-at-gairloch-museum\">Read more here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>image for illustration: Gairloch Heritage Museum by\u00a0Ian S, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Plans to construct a full-scale replica of an Iron Age Roundhouse at Gairloch Museum in Wester Ross have been backed by Highland Council, following a grant &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=46603\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[709,62,29,35,822,83],"class_list":["post-46603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog","tag-council","tag-funding","tag-heritage","tag-museum","tag-prehistoric","tag-scotland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46603"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46603\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46606,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46603\/revisions\/46606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}