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Nelson Monument, Glasgow Green, Glasgow. SC752531 Council Chamber, City Chambers, Glasgow. SC752530 Craig's Close, High Street, Edinburgh, c.1920. SC862079 Jarlshof, Shetland Islands. SC372286 Detail of windows at the Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh. SC795485 Aerial view of the New Town, Edinburgh. SC793308 Huntly House seen from Bakehouse Close, Edinburgh. SC862077 The Hatrack, St Vincent Street, Glasgow. SC796813 Forth Rail Bridge. SC676298 Dickson's Close, High Street, Edinburgh. SC460296 Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh. SC795561

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	Aberdeenshire Council Archaeology Service Aerial Archaeology Research Group The Archaeology Data Service Archaeology Expert Association for Industrial Archaeology Ben Lawers Historic Landscape Project British Archaeological Jobs Resource Council for British Archaeology Council for Scottish Archaeology Dun Eistean Archeaology Project Glasgow University Archaeological Research Division Institute of Archaeologists of Ireland The Institute of Field Archaeologists Medieval or Later Rural Settlement Working Group (MoLRS) The Papar Project The Roman Gask Project Scotland's Rural Past Scottish Archaeology Month Scottish Borders Council Archaeology Service Seirbhis Arc-eolas nan Eilean Siar Society of Antiquaries of Scotland Stone Pages - Web guide to Megalithic Europe Treasure Trove in Scotland West of Scotland Archaeology Service Western Isles Archaeological Service


	Architecture and Design Scotland Architectural Heritage Fund Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland Buildings at Risk Register for Scotland Building Connections Cinema City and Beyond - Scotland's Surviving Cinemas and Theatres Cockburn Association - Edinburgh Civic Trust Cockburn Association - Doors Open Day Dictionary of Scottish Architects DOCOMOMO Edinburgh Contemporary Architecture Edinburgh South Bridge design competition Funds for Historic Buildings Future Scotland Glasgow Cinemas Hamilton Palace: a virtual reconstruction Historic Houses Association Institute of Historic Building Conservation International Confederation of Architectural Museums (ICAM) International Congress on Architectural Archives The Lighthouse (Glasgow) Looking at Buildings (Pevsner Architectural Guides) Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland Royal Institute of British Architects ScottishArchitecture.com Scottish Redundant Churches Trust Scottish Sundials Scottish Vernacular Buildings Working Group The Twentieth Century Society


	Accessing Scotland's Past Am Baile - A Scottish Heritage Resource Clackmannanshire From Ice to Glass TheClydebankStory Division of Academic Innovation and Continuing Education: Short Courses - University of Stirling TheGlasgowStory The Highland Clearances Inspiring Learning for All Learning and Teaching Scotland SCRAN Scottish Publishers Association


	Ancestral Scotland Ayrshire & Arran Family History The Heraldry Society of Scotland Scot Roots Scotland's People Scottish Association of Family History Societies Scottish Documents Scottish Genealogy Society Scottish Graveyards The UK Genealogy Interests Directory


	Garden History Society Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh


	Association for Geographic Information Association for Geographic Information Scotland British Geological Survey ESRI ESRI (UK) GenaWare GEsource Geography and Environment Gateway Ordnance Survey Royal Scottish Geographical Society XYZ Digital Map Company


	Built Heritage of Northern Ireland Directgov English Heritage Forestry Commission Scotland Historic Scotland Holyrood Magazine i-UK Office of Public Sector Information PASTMAP Registers of Scotland Executive Agency Royal Commission on the Ancient & Historical Monuments of Wales (Comisiwn Brenhinol Henebion Cymru) Scotland’s Census Records On-Line Scottish Government ScotLIS Scottish Parliament Standards Commission for Scotland


	The Ancient Monuments Society Carved Stones Adviser Project Cultural Heritage Search Engine Edinburgh World Heritage Trust Engineering Timelines Environment and Heritage Service (Northern Ireland) Forum for Information Standards in Heritage HEIRNET (Historic Environment Information Resources Network) HEIRPORT (Historic Environment Information Resources Portal) Heritage Lottery Fund Heritage.scotsman.com Hidden Glasgow History Scotland Magazine The Lordship & Barony of Kilmarnock Mansfield Traquair Trust National Committee on Carved Stones in Scotland The National Trust for Scotland Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust RAILSCOT - a history of Scotland's railways Scotland & Medicine, Collections & Connections Scotland Online \| Heritage The Scottish Civic Trust Scottish Ironwork Scottish Natural Heritage Scottish Place-name Society


	Aerial Reconnaissance Archives AirPhotoFinder - locate and order Aerial Photography in Scotland and Wales Archive Awareness Campaign Business Archives Council Business Archives Council of Scotland Cambridge University Collection of Air Photographs (CUCAP) Drawn Evidence (Dundee University) Edinburgh City Libraries Edinburgh Libraries and Information Services Agency (ELISA) Edinburgh University Library: Special Collections General Register Office for Scotland Glasgow University Archive Services Heriot-Watt University Archive Lothian Health Services Archive The Mitchell Library (Glasgow) National Archives National Archives of Scotland National Association of Aerial Photographic Libraries (NAPLIB) National Library of Scotland National Library of Scotland Map Library North Highland Archive Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh Scottish Archive Network Scottish Life Archive Scottish Screen Archive St Andrews University Library Special Collections Statistical Accounts of Scotland University of Edinburgh School of Scottish Studies Archives Visual Evidence: the photographic presentation of Landscape and People


	Elgin Museum Grantown Museum Helensburgh & District Civic Society The Island Book Trust - Historical Books Project in the Hebrides Kintyre Cultural Forum Newsletter Nunton Steadings Old Gala Club - Galashiels local history society Orkney Heritage Society Ross & Cromarty Heritage Society - the Wayfarers Project Shetland Civic Society Stonehaven Heritage Society


	Maritime and Coastguard Agency National Historic Ships Committee Nautical Archaeology Society Nautical Archaeology Society Scotland North East England Maritime Archaeology Reserach Archive (NEEMARA) Northern Lighthouse Board Scottish Crannog Centre Scottish Maritime Museum Society for Nautical Research Tayside - A Maritime History


	Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museums British Museum Dean Gallery Glasgow Museums Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery Imperial War Museum Museum of Flight Museums Association Museum of Edinburgh Museum of Piping Museum of Scottish Country Life Museum of Scottish Lighthouses National Galleries of Scotland National Museums of Scotland National War Museum of Scotland Royal Museum of Scotland Royal Scottish Academy Building Scottish Fisheries Museum Scottish Mining Museum Scottish Museums Council Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art Scottish National Portrait Gallery Shambellie House Museum of Costume


	Glasgow - City of Sculpture Glasgow School of Art National Association of Decorative and Fine Arts Societies The Scottish Arts Council


	Glasgow University University of Edinburgh


	Dundee University Edinburgh College of Art Glasgow School of Art - Mackintosh School of Architecture Robert Gordon University Aberdeen - Scott Sutherland School University of Edinburgh University of Strathclyde


Medieval grave-slab, Carruthers Old Parish Church, Dumfries and Galloway. SC382621 Drawing by John Nicolson showing painted pebbles from Keiss Broch, Highland. SC876670 Plan of excavations at Croft Moraig, Perth and Kinross. SC342989 Professor Piggott excavating Croft Moraig, Perth and Kinross. SC887128 Pictish cross-slab, Aberlemno, Angus. SC370243 Cup-and-ring marked rock, Cairnbaan, Argyll and Bute. SC336493 Aerial view of fort excavation, Broxmouth, East Lothian. SC714820	For information and advice, or if you have an enquiry connected with planning, development or land management, you should contact your local authority archaeology service. Their role is to: 1. Provide impartial, professional advice to their Councils on all archaeological matters 2. Where possible, protect and promote the archaeology of their area 3. Maintain Sites and Monuments Records containing details of all recorded archaeological features within their area - from earliest times to the present century 4. Provide information, consultation and advisory services for the public on archaeological matters especially the conservation, management and interpretation of archaeological and historic sites, monuments and landscapes 5. monitor all planning (including Permitted Development), forestry, and Countryside Premium Scheme proposals for possible archaeological implications 6. Monitor archaeological fieldwork carried out within their area to ensure that quality standards are maintained 7. Liaise with the RCAHMS, Historic Scotland, The National Museums of Scotland, The International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), The Council for Scottish Archaeology and other national and international archaeological organisations In addition, some local authority archaeological services offer: 8. Promotion of research into archaeology within their area in association with universities and other bodies 9. Liaison with schools and colleges 10. Interpretative projects, publications, displays and community outreach programmes SMR Co-operation Statement - download the document that details the agreement between RCAHMS and the Scottish Sites and Monuments Record: 62KB \| 13KB


	The Association of Regional and Island Archaeologists Dr Carol Swanson, c/o West of Scotland Archaeology Service (WOSAS), 20 India Street, Glasgow G2 4PF Tel: +44 (0)141 287 8334, Fax: +44 (0)141 287 9529, Email: carol.swanson@wosas.glasgow.gov.uk


	Aberdeen City Ms Judith Stones, Aberdeen City Council, Whitespace, 60 Frederick Street, Aberdeen AB24 5HY Tel: +44 (0)1224 523658, Fax: +44 (0)1224 523660, Email: judiths@arts-rec.aberdeen.net.uk Website: www.aberdeencity.gov.uk Aberdeenshire, Moray and Angus Mr Ian Shepherd, Archaeology Service, Aberdeenshire Council, Woodhill House, Westburn Road, Aberdeen AB16 5GB Tel: +44 (0)1224 664723, Fax: +44 (0)1224 664713, Email: archaeology@aberdeenshire.gov.uk Website: www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/archaeology Argyll and Bute, East Ayrshire, East Renfrewshire, Glasgow City, Inverclyde, North Ayrshire, North Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, South Ayrshire, South Lanarkshire, West Dunbartonshire and West Lothian Dr Carol Swanson, West of Scotland Archaeology Service, 20 India Street, Glasgow G2 4PF Tel: +44 (0)141 287 8334, Fax: +44 (0)141 287 9529, Email: enquiries@wosas.glasgow.gov.uk Website: www.wosas.org.uk Comhairle nan Eilean Siar Dr Mary Macleod, Western Isles Archaeology Service, Achmore Old School, Achmore, Isle of Lewis HS2 9DU Tel: +44 (0)1851 860783, Email: mary-macleod@cne-siar.gov.uk Website: www.w-isles.gov.uk/archaeology/index.htm Dumfries and Galloway Ms Jane Brann, Planning and Environment, Dumfries and Galloway Council, Newall Terrace, Dumfries DG1 1LW Tel: +44 (0)1387 260154, Fax: +44 (0)1387 260149, Email: jane.brann@dumgal.gov.uk East Dunbartonshire No Service East Lothian and Midlothian Ms Biddy Simpson, Culture and Community Development, Community Services, East Lothian Council, John Muir House, Haddington EH41 3HA Tel: +44 (0)1620 827158, Fax: +44 (0)1620 827158, Email: bsimpson1@eastlothian.gov.uk Websites: www.eastlothian.gov.uk and www.elh.info Edinburgh Mr John Lawson, City of Edinburgh Archaeology Service, Museum of Edinburgh, 142 Canongate, Edinburgh EH8 8DD Tel: +44 (0)131 5581040, Fax: +44 (0)131 5581090, Email: john.lawson@cecas.freeserve.co.uk Website: www.edinburgh.gov.uk Falkirk Mr Geoff Bailey, Falkirk Council, Callendar House, Callendar Park, Falkirk FK1 1YR Tel: +44 (0)1324 503783, Fax: +44 (0)1324 503771, Email: geoff.bailey@falkirk.gov.uk Website: http://www.falkirk.gov.uk/services/community/cultural_services/museums/archaeology.aspx Fife Mr Douglas Speirs, Archaeologist, Fife Council, Development Services, Forth House, Abbotshall Road, Kirkcaldy, Fife KY1 1RU Tel: +44 (0)1592 417912, Fax: +44 (0)1592 417641, Email: Douglas.Speirs@fife.gov.uk Website: http://www.fife.gov.uk Highland Highland Council Archaeology Unit, Planning and Development, Council HQ, Glenurquhart Road, Inverness IV3 5NX Tel: +44 (0)1463 702502, Fax: +44 (0)1463 702298, Email: archaeology@highland.gov.uk Website: http://her.highland.gov.uk Orkney Islands Ms Julie Gibson, Orkney Islands Archaeologist, Archaeology Institute, Orkney College, Kirkwall, Orkney KW15 1LX Tel: +44 (0)1856 569341, Fax: +44 (0)1856 569007, Email: oat@lineone.net Website: www.orkneydigs.org.uk Perth and Kinross Mr David Strachan, Perth & Kinross Heritage Trust, The Lodge, 4 York Place, Perth PH2 8EP Tel: +44 (0)1738 477080, Fax: +44 (0)1738 477089, Email: dlstrachan@pkc.gov.uk Website: www.pkht.org.uk Scottish Borders Mr Rory McDonald, Planning and Economic Development, Scottish Borders Council, Newtown St Boswells, Melrose TD6 0SA Tel: +44 (0)1835 825060, Fax: +44 (0)1835 823225, Email: archaeology@scotborders.gov.uk Website: www.scottishbordersheritage.co.uk Shetland Ms Val Turner, Shetland Archaeologist, Shetland Amenity Trust, Garthspool. Lerwick, Shetland ZE1 0NY Tel: +44 (0)1595 694688, Fax: +44 (0)1595 693956, Email: shetamenity.trust@zetnet.co.uk Website: www.shetland-heritage.co.uk/amenitytrust/ Stirling and Clackmannanshire Ms Lorna Main, Archaeology Service, Environmental Services, Stirling Council, Viewforth, Stirling FK8 2ET Tel: +44 (0)1786 442752, Fax: +44 (0)1786 443003, Email: mainl@stirling.gov.uk Website: www.stirling.gov.uk Western Isles Dr Mary Macleod, Western Isles Archaeology Service, Achmore Old School, Achmore, Isle of Lewis HS2 9DU Tel: +44 (0)1851 860783, Email: mary-macleod@cne-siar.gov.uk Website: www.w-isles.gov.uk/archaeology/index.htm

Updated 23 July 2007