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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 This was superceded by a system of numbers with a letter prefix during the 1980s.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 55457 Woodcote, oblique aerial view, taken from the W, centred on the cropmarks of two possible enclosures. 30/8/1995 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images C 55458 Woodcote, oblique aerial view, taken from the ENE, centred on the cropmarks of two possible enclosures. 30/8/1995 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images E 98249 CS Thirlestane Castle, oblique aerial view, taken from the WSW, showing part of the castle park and evidence of temporary stalls and huts for the horse trials with the castle visible in the top right-hand corner of the photograph. 30/8/1995 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images C 53645 Millhill, oblique aerial view, taken from the NNE, centred on a possible pit-setting and other cropmarks. 10/8/1995 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images C 53646 Millhill, oblique aerial view, taken from the NW, centred on a possible pit-setting and other cropmarks. 10/8/1995 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images C 53647 Millhill, oblique aerial view, taken from the W, centred on a possible pit-setting and other cropmarks. 10/8/1995 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images C 53648 Millhill, oblique aerial view, taken from the SSW, centred on a possible pit-setting and other cropmarks. 10/8/1995 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images C 53570 Culloden, oblique aerial view, taken from the E, centred on a pit-alignment and other cropmarks and the remains of a chambered cairn. Culloden railway station is visible in the top centre half of the photograph. 10/8/1995 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images C 53571 Culloden, oblique aerial view, taken from the NNW, centred on a pit-alignment and other cropmarks and the remains of a chambered cairn. Culloden railway station is visible in the centre right half of the photograph. 10/8/1995 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images C 53633 Meadowfield, oblique aerial view, taken from the NNE, centred on the cropmarks of two plantation banks. 10/8/1995 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images C 53634 Meadowfield, oblique aerial view, taken from the NW, centred on the cropmarks of two plantation banks. 10/8/1995 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images C 98610 CS Raggengill Burn, oblique aerial view, taken from the SE, centred on a Roman Road. 22/2/1996 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images C 98611 CS Raggengill Burn, oblique aerial view, taken from the W, centred on a Roman Road. 22/2/1996 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images C 98612 CS Raggengill Burn, oblique aerial view, taken from the WNW, centred on a Roman Road. 22/2/1996 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images C 98613 CS Raggengill Burn, oblique aerial view, taken from the NW, centred on a Roman Road. 22/2/1996 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images C 98614 CS Raggengill Burn, oblique aerial view, taken from the NNW, centred on a Roman Road. 22/2/1996 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images C 98615 CS Raggengill Burn, oblique aerial view, taken from the NW, centred on a Roman Road. 22/2/1996 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images C 98617 CS Arbory Hill, oblique aerial view, taken from the W, centred on the remains of a Fort. 22/2/1996 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images C 98618 CS Arbory Hill, oblique aerial view, taken from the SW, centred on the remains of a Fort. 22/2/1996 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images C 98619 CS Arbory Hill, oblique aerial view, taken from the SE, centred on the remains of a Fort. 22/2/1996 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images C 98289 CS Inverness, Dalcross Airport, oblique aerial view, taken from the W. 10/8/1995 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images C 53619 Milton of Braicklaich, oblique aerial view, taken from the N, centred on the cropmarks of a pit-circle, ring-ditch and a possible souterrain. 10/8/1995 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images C 53620 Milton of Braicklaich, oblique aerial view, taken from the NW, centred on the cropmarks of a pit-circle, ring-ditch and a possible souterrain. 10/8/1995 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images C 53621 Milton of Braicklaich, oblique aerial view, taken from the SW, centred on the cropmarks of a pit-circle, ring-ditch and a possible souterrain. 10/8/1995 Item Level

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