Professor Stuart Piggott
551 261
Description Professor Stuart Piggott
Date 1948 to 1971
Collection Professor Stuart Piggott
Catalogue Number 551 261
Category All Other
Scope and Content The collection comprises photographs and plans from excavations and surveys in Scotland by Professor Piggott, including Castle Law, Glencorse, 1948-9, Cairnpapple Hill henge and cairns, 1948, Torwoodlee broch, 1950, Corrimony chambered cairn, 1952, and Croft Moraig stone circle, 1965. Also included is material from investigations by C M 'Peggy' Piggott at Dunan Nighean, 1951, and Milton Loch, 1953. The other major component is a collection of 128 boxes of articles and offprints on archaeological subjects.
Archive History The photographs and drawings were donated to RCAHMS following Piggott's retiral in 1975. The collection of offprints was donated by Professor Coles in 2000.
System of Arrangement The photographs and drawings are arranged by project.
Access Conditions There are no restrictions upon access.
Administrative History Between 1946 and 1975 Stuart Piggott (1910-96) held the chair of Abercromby Professor of Prehistoric Archaeology at the University of Edinburgh.
Finding Aids An index to the offprint collection is held at: \\Iona_ndata_server\ndata\DATA\Group\Collections\Admin\Collections Handlists and Location Guides\Archaeology Accession Box Lists\Stuart Piggott\Stuart Piggott Offprint Coll File 1 2000.doc
Accruals No further accruals are expected.
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