Dr Ian Melvin Smith
551 662
Description Dr Ian Melvin Smith
Date to 7/1994
Collection Dr Ian Melvin Smith
Catalogue Number 551 662
Category All Other
Scope and Content Thesis, drawings, photographs and rubbings by Dr Ian M Smith.
Related Material For material created by Ian Smith in his official capacity, working for RCAHMS, see the RCAHMS Collection, National Archaeological Survey. See also Dr Smith's field notebooks, in the RCAHMS Collection.
Access Conditions There are no restrictions upon access.
Administrative History Dr Ian Melvin Smith was a field investigator with RCAHMS, 1984-94. A graduate of the University of Durham, he specialized in the archaeology of the early medieval period and in ecclesiastical archaeology. His thesis studied early medieval settlement in the Borders. He also directed an excavation of a Borders hillfort, at the Dod. In 1984 he joined RCAHMS as a field investigator, at first working on the field monuments rapid survey programme, and later with the National Archaeological Survey. He died in a walking accident while on the island of Canna in 1994.
Accruals No accruals are expected.
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