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Papers of W Glen Aitken, archaeologist, Bute, Argyll and Bute, Scotland
551 473
Description Papers of W Glen Aitken, archaeologist, Bute, Argyll and Bute, Scotland
Date 1952 to 1986
Collection Papers of W Glen Aitken, archaeologist, Bute, Argyll and Bute, Scotland
Catalogue Number 551 473
Category All Other
Scope and Content A collection of material relating to archaeological excavation and investigations by Glenn Aitken, mostly on Bute, but also Aberdeenshire, comprising notes, correspondence, photographic prints and negatives. Subjects include St Ninian’s Chapel, Bute (1952); St Colmac’s Cross (1953); Haco’s Tomb, Haylie (1953-4); Cnoc na Mhana cist (1954); Newton Hill, Cairnbarrow, Aberdeenshire (1957); Little Dunagoil (1959); St Blane’s Church (1959).
Archive History The collection was gifted to RCAHMS as two accessions: Acc No 1985/503, from Dorothy N Marshall, and Acc No 1989/500, from A Reid.
Access Conditions Open, but note that access may be subject to conservation requirements. Please contact the archive to confirm access in advance of
Administrative History W Glenn Aitken, archaeologist, active c1952-1982. Aitken carried out numerous excavations on Bute, in Ayrshire, Aberdeenshire and Perthshire. His published articles and notes include: 'St Ninian's Chapel' (1952); 'Excavations of a chapel at St Ninian's Point, Isle of Bute' (1955); (with Dorothy N Marshall) 'Excavation of burial chamber at Haylie, Largs, Ayrshire, in 1954' (1958); 'Two Bronze Age cist burials, Lochlands Farm, Rattray' (1964); 'Bogton Farm, Falkirk, Roman altar' (1967); and 'Excavation of bloomeries in Rannoch, Perthshire, and elsewhere' (1973).
Accruals No accruals are anticipated.
Accession Number 1989/500
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