SUTHERLAND

ORKNEY

CAITHNESS

ROSS AND CROMARTY

CHAIRS IN THE HIGHLANDS

AND ISLANDS

STOOLS AND CREEPIES

THE ARCHIVE

HOME

Small stools and creepies provided the first forms of seating in the Highland and Island home. As they developed into chairs the creepie in particular remained both as a workday seat and as a chair for children and visitors. The creepie was the first form of seating in the kirks of the far north.