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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.

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/1406073

Collection Hierarchy - Collection Level

Collection Level (551 472) Audrey S Henshall

Preview Category Catalogue Number Title Date Level
Prints and Drawings DC 26730 Plan of chambered cairn (ORK 9) 1983 Item Level
Prints and Drawings DC 26731 Plan and section of chambered cairn (ORK 10) 1983 Item Level
Prints and Drawings DC 26753 Plan of chambered cairn (ORK 35) 1983 Item Level
Prints and Drawings DC 26767 Plan of chambered cairn (ORK 53) 1983 Item Level
Prints and Drawings DC 26737 Plan of chambered cairn (ORK 17) 1983 Item Level
Prints and Drawings DC 26736 Plan of chambered cairn (ORK 15) 1983 Item Level
Prints and Drawings DC 26761 Plan and section of chambered cairn (ORK 47) 1983 Item Level
Prints and Drawings DC 26741 Plan and section of chambered cairn (ORK 22) 1983 Item Level
Prints and Drawings DC 26740 Plan of chambered cairn (ORK 21) 1983 Item Level
Prints and Drawings DC 26777 Plan of chambered cairn (ORK 64) 1983 Item Level
Prints and Drawings DC 26735 Plan of chambered cairn (ORK 14) 1982 Item Level
Prints and Drawings DC 26774 Plan of chambered cairn (ORK 61) 1982 Item Level
Prints and Drawings DC 26782 Plan of chambered cairn (ORK 69) 1982 Item Level
Prints and Drawings DC 26781 Plan of chambered cairn (ORK 68) 1982 Item Level
Prints and Drawings DC 26775 Plan of chambered cairn (ORK 62) 1981 Item Level
Prints and Drawings DC 26760 Plan and section of chambered cairn (ORK 44) 1983 Item Level
Prints and Drawings DC 26742 Plan and section of chambered cairn (ORK 23) Item Level
Prints and Drawings DC 26764 Plan of chambered cairn (ORK 50) 1983 Item Level
Prints and Drawings DC 26776 Plan of chambered cairn (ORK 63) 1981 Item Level
Prints and Drawings DC 26783 Plan of chambered cairn (ORK 70) 1981 Item Level
Prints and Drawings DC 26728 Plan of chambered cairn (ORK 7) 1983 Item Level
Prints and Drawings DC 26744 Plan and sections of chambered cairn (ORK 25) 1983 Item Level
Prints and Drawings DC 26780 Plan of chambered cairn (ORK 67) 1981 Item Level
Prints and Drawings DC 26521 Plan of chambered tomb (ARG 25) on graph paper 1961 Item Level

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