Cromarty Pottery, originally opened by Alistair and Alison Dunn in 1965, is one of the oldest operating in northern Scotland. Now run by Bärbel Dister, it is based in a ‘close’ of 400 year old fishermen’s cottages nestled within the old Fishertown area of Cromarty. Bärbel Dister, originally from Hamburg, has spent many years working in potteries in Germany, France and the UK.