AN ancient carved stone believed to be part of a medieval church in Portmahomack has been unearthed during repairs to the Easter Ross village's water mains.

THE Cromarty East Church £1.2 million restoration programme which got under way two weeks ago is beginning to reveal clues to the building's early history.

A LONG-forgotten Ross-shire crofting township is to be put back on the map in time for the Highland Year of Homecoming 2009.

A HERITAGE group in Tain has launched a project to recapture the hey dey of the town's former Picture House.

TAIN and District Museum will be turning the clock back to thousands of years to give people a taste of prehistory.

NOSTALGIC memories will come flooding back for hundreds of former Dingwall Academy pupils as a new film is released celebrating the life and culture of the school.

A ROSS-SHIRE man has discovered a perfectly intact iron age cup which is over 2,000 years old.

THE history of Scouting in Tain will be explored in a new exhibition which is to open in the Royal Burgh on September 1.

A MURAL painted almost 50 years ago, at the old Dingwall Academy, has been photographed and saved for posterity by the North Star after being uncovered by a demolition crew.

ALMOST a century after the first Scout troop was formed in Tain, an exhibition is to be held to celebrate the movement's history in the area.

IT displays a simple but poignant message and this weekend, more than five years after their tragic death, the small plaque will become part of a lasting memorial to three boys who drowned in a remote Black Isle loch.

A ROSS-SHIRE Lovat Scout veteran of World War II relived the dangers, fears and excitement of more than 60 years ago when he met up with his fellow comrades for a nostalgic reunion.

ULLAPOOL Museum looks likely to hit the target with a new display which will go on show on Monday.

THE mystery buyer of a very rare silver drinking vessel at a top Edinburgh auction house recently was Ross-shire's very own Tain and District Museum, it has been revealed.

A LEGENDARY figure of the Highland livestock trade is just one of many colourful characters and stories celebrated in an exhibition which has opened in Dingwall.

OLD-style English grammar lessons and traditional home economic skills of the 60s will make a return to the classrooms of Invergordon Academy later this year.

A BRAVE female doctor from Ross-shire will be honoured in a public ceremony thousands of miles away from her home.

VALUERS from a top auction house will be touring Scotland during October and are hopeful of finding long-forgotten Tain Silver in the Highlands.

A GROUP of heritage enthusiasts have been delving into the history of a croft near Strathpeffer as part of a Workers' Educational Association Exploring Your Past project.

A MEMORIAL was unveiled at a moving ceremony in Tain last week as a tribute to Czechoslovakian airmen who lost their lives on wartime operations while stationed in the Highlands.

THE remarkable story of a colourful Czech airman and his flying dog has been told for the first time by a former Ross-shire man.

RESIDENTS in North Kessock will be hosting a trip down memory lane this weekend to celebrate the role played by the ferries which operated between the village and Inverness.

THE changing face of a local village over more than a century is being highlighted in a new book.

CALLING all former pupils of Marybank Primary School – you are invited to help mark a milestone in the school’s history.