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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 BUD 29/1 SO SLIDE ONLY Henshall p.305 Item Level
Prints and Drawings DC 41095 Achaid chambered cairn Survey drawing 17/4/1991 Item Level
Prints and Drawings DC 41101 Balcharn chambered cairn Survey drawing 24/5/1991 Item Level
Prints and Drawings DC 41102 Caen Burn East chambered cairn Survey drawing 25/9/1993 Item Level
Prints and Drawings DC 41116 Kyleoag chambered cairn Survey drawing 16/4/1991 Item Level
Prints and Drawings DC 41117 Ledmore Wood chambered cairn Survey drawing 22/5/1991 Item Level
Prints and Drawings DC 41118 Loch Borelan West chambered cairn Survey drawing 12/5/1993 Item Level
Prints and Drawings DC 41119 Lothbeg (Cairnlea) chambered cairn Survey drawing 27/9/1993 Item Level
Prints and Drawings DC 41121 Salscraggie chambered cairn Survey drawing 30/9/1993 Item Level
Prints and Drawings DC 41122 Skail chambered cairn Survey drawing 29/9/1993 Item Level
Prints and Drawings DC 41123 Skelpick Round chambered cairn Survey drawing 21/5/1992 Item Level
Prints and Drawings DC 41124 Selspick South chambered cairn Survey Drawing 21/5/1992 Item Level
Prints and Drawings DC 41126 Torboll (Carn Liath) chambered cairn Survey drawing 21/5/1991 Item Level
Prints and Drawings DC 41130 Camore Wood chambered cairn Survey drawing 15/4/1991 Item Level
Prints and Drawings DC 41131 Allt Eileag chambered cairn Survey drawing 25/9/1993 Item Level
Prints and Drawings DC 41132 Craig A' Bhlair chambered cairn Survey drawing 21/5/1991 Item Level
Prints and Drawings DC 41106 Carn Richard (Carn Tighe na Coilean) chambered cairn Survey drawing 14/5/1993 Item Level
Prints and Drawings DC 41107 Clashmore chambered cairn Survey drawing 19/4/1991 Item Level
Prints and Drawings DC 41109 Cnoc Odhar chambered cairn Survey drawing 15/4/1991 Item Level
Prints and Drawings DC 41111 Coille Nan Borge North chambered cairn Survey drawing 17/5/1992 Item Level
Prints and Drawings DC 41112 Creag Nan Caorach West chambered cairn Survey drawing 21/4/1994 Item Level
Prints and Drawings DC 41096 Achany chambered cairn Survey drawing 23/5/1991 Item Level
Prints and Drawings DC 41113 Drumliath (Carnliath) chambered cairn Survey drawing 22/5/1991 Item Level
Prints and Drawings DC 41114 Evelix chambered cairn Survey drawing 17/4/1991 Item Level

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