lanarkshire-1978/03_018

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TWENTIETH REPORT

Bronze Age burial-cairns have added significantly to our knowledge of their structure and
date, while the opportunity has been taken to plan the major groups of small cairns, or 'cairn-
fields', that constitute one of the principal features of the archaeology of the county. The
recognition of what may be the remains of a vast ritual enclosure at Blackshouse Burn is of
exceptional interest, and air photography has revealed a large number of hitherto unknown
sites, mostly in the form of crop-marks.

7. Lanarkshire also contains a rich variety of Roman military works. One of these, the watch-
tower at Beattock Summit, was discovered in the course of our survey, and we have undertaken
limited, but productive, excavation on several other Roman sites, notably the forts at Crawford
and Bothwellhaugh.

8. We wish to acknowledge the assistance accorded to us, during the preparation of this
Inventory, by the owners and occupiers of the lands on which the monuments are situated.
Our thanks are also due especially to Mr J. G. Scott, M.A., F.M.A., for placing unpublished
material at our disposal; to Professor J. K. S. St. Joseph, O.B.E., M.A., Ph.D., F.S.A.,
Director in Aerial Photography in the University of Cambridge, for permission to reproduce
a number of air photographs; to the Institute of Geological Sciences for advice on geological
questions; to the staff of Hamilton District Museum for assistance in studying material in
their care; to the Scottish Development Department for facilities for the study of air photo-
graphs; and to the staffs of the Department of the Environment, the Forestry Commission,
the National Library of Scotland, the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland, the
Glasgow Art Gallery and Museum, the Hunterian Museum, University of Glasgow, the Arch-
aeology Division of the Ordnance Survey and Your Majesty's Stationery Office, for continual
and valued co-operation.

9. We wish again to place on record our appreciation of the high standard of work maintained
by our executive staff, including those who are not employed in the preparation of the Inven-
tories but on surveys or archival duties for the National Monuments Record of Scotland.
In the present volume, the articles and sections of the Introduction dealing with prehistoric
monuments have been written by Messrs A. MacLaren, M.A., F.S.A., G. S. Maxwell, M.A.,
F.S.A., J. N. G. Ritchie, M.A., Ph.d., F.S.A., J. B. Stevenson, B.A. and H. G. Welfare,
B.A., M.Phil., and those dealing with Roman monuments by Mr Maxwell. The plans and
other drawings have been produced by Messrs I. G. Scott, D.A., J. N. Stevenson, N.D.D.,
and I. G. Parker, and the photographs have been taken by Messrs G. B. Quick, A.I.I.P.,
A.R.P.S., C. R. Russell, J. D. Keggie, and J. M. Mackie. Miss A. E. H. Muir and Dr. Ritchie
have compiled the index and general assistance has been given by Miss M. Isbister and Mrs
W. C. Chalmers. The volume has been edited by the Secretary and Mr MacLaren.


WEMYSS, Chairman
ROSEMARY CRAMP
HOWARD COLVIN
GORDON DONALDSON
JAMES DUNBAR-NASMITH
ARCHIBALD A. M. DUNCAN
KENNETH JACKSON
KENNETH STEER, Secretary

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