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Audrey S Henshall

551 472

Description Audrey S Henshall

Collection Audrey S Henshall

Catalogue Number 551 472

Category All Other

Scope and Content A collection of notes drawings and photographs relating to research into the chambered cairns of Scotland. Most of the material derives from Henshall and her collaborators' research, but some derives from earlier work, including excavations by W G Grant and J G Callander at Knowe of Ramsay, 1935, and Rattar, by R Murray, 1969.

Archive History The collections is comprised of several deposits of material received from A S Henshall over a period of years. The later accessions largely comprise material deposited on publication of the successive revised area volumes.

Access Conditions There are no restrictions upon access, except for conservation reasons.

Administrative History Audrey Henshall (born 1927, Oldham, Lancashire) is a British archaeologist noted for her “major and outstanding contribution, of solid and enduring worth, to British prehistoric studies” (Piggot), and particularly for her work on Scottish chambered cairns, prehistoric pottery, and early textiles. Educated at the University of Edinburgh, she graduated with an MA in 1949, and from 1960 to 1971 acted as Assistant Keeper of Archaeology at the National Museum of Scotland, as well as Assistant Secretary of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland from 1970. “Chambered Tombs of Scotland” Volumes I & II, her seminal works on chambered cairns published in 1963 and 1972, sought to provide full and comprehensive surveys and analysis of all known Scottish chambered tombs and associated structures, functioning as a “convenient reference book”, and now regarded as a classic work upon the subject. She has since co-authored four more books on chambered cairns in the north of Scotland, and produced pivotal articles on prehistoric pottery which can be found in the Proceedings of the Society of Antiquities of Scotland (volumes 84 and 114). Henshall has also made a major contribution to the field of early textiles - her studies of the Gunnister Man’s clothing, and early tartan patterns found at Dungiven, are considered to be some of her most interesting and pivotal works. Henshall was the subject of honour of a Festschrift published in 1992, and in 1993 she was awarded an OBE for services to archaeology.

Accruals No further accruals are expected.

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Collection Hierarchy - Collection Level

Collection Level (551 472) Audrey S Henshall

Preview Category Catalogue Number Title Date Level
Prints and Drawings DC 26743 Plan of chambered cairn (ORK 24) 1983 Item Level
Prints and Drawings DC 26784 Plan of chambered cairn (ORK 71) 1982 Item Level
Prints and Drawings DC 26751 Plan and sections of chambered cairn (ORK 32) 1982 Item Level
Prints and Drawings DC 26755 Plan and section of chambered cairn (ORK 37) 1982 Item Level
Prints and Drawings DC 26763 Plan and sections of chambered cairn (ORK 49) 1982 Item Level
Prints and Drawings DC 26749 Plan and sections of chambered cairn (ORK 30) 1982 Item Level
Prints and Drawings DC 26732 Plan of chambered cairn (ORK 11) 1982 Item Level
Prints and Drawings DC 26724 Plan and section through chambered cairn (ORK 3) 1982 Item Level
Prints and Drawings ORD 138/1 Illustrated details of finds from 'The Chambered Tombs of Scotland Vol.1' by A.S.Henshall Item Level
Prints and Drawings DC 26768 Plan of chambered cairn (ORK 54) 1983 Item Level
Prints and Drawings DC 26722 Plan of chambered cairn (ORK 1) 1982 Item Level
Prints and Drawings DC 26723 Plan and section through chambered cairn (ORK 2) 1982 Item Level
Prints and Drawings DC 26745 Plan and section of chambered cairn (ORK 26) 1982 Item Level
Prints and Drawings DC 26746 Plan and section of chambered cairn (ORK 27) 1982 Item Level
Prints and Drawings DC 26747 Plan of chambered cairn (ORK 28) 1982 Item Level
Prints and Drawings DC 26748 Plan of chambered cairn (ORK 29) 1982 Item Level
Prints and Drawings DC 26759 Plan and section of chambered cairn (ORK 43) 1981 Item Level
Prints and Drawings DC 26727 Plan of chambered cairn (ORK 6) 1981 Item Level
Prints and Drawings DC 26785 Plan of chambered cairn (ORK 73) 1981 Item Level
Prints and Drawings DC 26758 Plan of chambered cairn (ORK 42) 1983 Item Level
Prints and Drawings DC 26773 Plan of chambered cairn (ORK 60) 1983 Item Level
Prints and Drawings DC 26766 Plan of chambered cairn (ORK 52) 1983 Item Level
Prints and Drawings DC 26726 Plan of chambered cairn (ORK 5) 1983 Item Level
Prints and Drawings DC 26729 Plan and section through chambered cairn (ORK 8) 1983 Item Level

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