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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

551 177

Description RCAHMS Aerial Photography

Date 1975 to 2006

Collection RCAHMS Aerial Photography

Catalogue Number 551 177

Category All Other

Scope and Content This collection contains photographic and manuscript materials from the pre-digital age including: negatives from aerial photography sorties (black and white and colour); prints from aerial photography sorties (black and white and colour); colour 35mm slides from aerial photography sorties; flight logs.

Archive History This material has always remained in the custody of HES and its predecessor organisations; it has been appraised in line with the HES Appraisal Policy. Until the 1980s RCAHMS photography was ordered according to the county system. This was superceded by a system of numbers with a letter prefix during the 1980s. During a mass digitisation project 2017-18 the photographic prints were digitised and the collection put into its current arrangement.

System of Arrangement This material is arranged by year and sorties.

Related Material RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital GB 551 178; Historic Environment Scotland records: GB 551/500/1/1

Access Conditions None

Administrative History RCAHMS established its aerial survey function in 1976, having conducted some trial flights in the previous year. The initial focus was on discovering and recording sites at threat from cultivation, especially cropmarks in lowland areas. The scope soon expanded to include recording of earthworks in upland areas and architectural sites. In a staged process between 2003 and 2005 aerial photography switched to digital which is held in the HES Digital Archive as a separate collection. The aerial survey function was retained in the creation of Historic Environment Scotland though by this time only used digital photography.

Accruals No further analogue materials will be created.

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/1176476

Collection Hierarchy - Collection Level

Collection Level (551 177) RCAHMS Aerial Photography

Preview Category Catalogue Number Title Date Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images C 55281 Thirlestane Castle Park, oblique aerial view, taken from the SSE, showing part of the castle park and possible evidence of temporary stalls and huts for the horse trials. 30/8/1995 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images C 98307 CS Birkenside Hill, oblique aerial view, taken from the NE, centred on the cropmarks of a fort, enclosures, pit-alignment and linear cropmarks. 11/8/1995 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images C 55285 Thirlestane Castle Park, oblique aerial view, taken from the E, showing part of the castle park. 30/8/1995 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images C 98305 CS Birkenside Hill, oblique aerial view, taken from the SE, centred on the cropmarks of a fort, enclosures, pit-alignment and linear cropmarks. 11/8/1995 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images C 55288 Huntshaw, oblique aerial view, taken from the WNW, centred on the cropmarks of two pit-alignments. 30/8/1995 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images C 55289 Huntshaw, oblique aerial view, taken from the SW, centred on the cropmarks of two pit-alignments. 30/8/1995 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images C 55291 Huntshaw, oblique aerial view, taken from the SW, centred on the cropmarks of two pit-alignments. 30/8/1995 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images C 55290 Huntshaw, oblique aerial view, taken from the NW, centred on the cropmarks of two pit-alignments. 30/8/1995 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images C 55287 Huntshaw, oblique aerial view, taken from the NNW, centred on the cropmarks of two pit-alignments. 30/8/1995 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images C 55286 Huntshaw, oblique aerial view, taken from the NE, centred on the cropmarks of two pit-alignments. 30/8/1995 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images C 55292 Huntshaw, oblique aerial view, taken from the SE, centred on the cropmarks of two pit-alignments. 30/8/1995 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images E 98245 CS Thirlestane Castle Park, oblique aerial view, taken from the E, showing part of the castle park. 30/8/1995 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images C 53156 Drumlanrig, oblique aerial view, taken from the NNW, centred on the cropmarks of two Roman Temporary Camps, linear cropmarks and a pit-alignment. 7/8/1995 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images C 55333 Square Wood, oblique aerial view, taken from the SE, centred on the cropmarks. 30/8/1995 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images C 55334 Square Wood, oblique aerial view, taken from the ESE, centred on the cropmarks. 30/8/1995 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images C 55331 Square Wood, oblique aerial view, taken from the NW, centred on the cropmarks. 30/8/1995 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images C 55332 Square Wood, oblique aerial view, taken from the SW, centred on the cropmarks. 30/8/1995 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images C 55339 Knowes, oblique aerial view, taken from the NW, centred on the cropmark of a settlement. 30/8/1995 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images C 27000 Oblique aerial view. 23/6/1994 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images C 55295 Huntshaw, oblique aerial view, taken from the SSE, centred on the cropmarks of a pit-alignment and linear cropmarks. 30/8/1995 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images C 53157 Drumlanrig, oblique aerial view, taken from the WNW, centred on the cropmarks of two Roman Temporary Camps, linear cropmarks and a pit-alignment. 7/8/1995 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images C 53158 Drumlanrig, oblique aerial view, taken from the WSW, centred on the cropmarks of two Roman Temporary Camps, linear cropmarks and a pit-alignment. 7/8/1995 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images C 53153 Drumlanrig, oblique aerial view, taken from the WNW, centred on the cropmarks of a Roman Fort. A Roman Temporary Camp, linear cropmarks and a pit-alignment are visible in the top right-hand corner of the photograph. 7/8/1995 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images C 53150 Drumlanrig, oblique aerial view, taken from the SSE, centred on the cropmark of a Roma 7/8/1995 Item Level

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