The invention of photography is probably one of the most significant contributions to archaeology in the 19th century. The leading exponent working in Argyll was Erskine Beveridge (1851-1920). He travelled on the west coast of Scotland (including Coll, Tiree, Lismore, Staffa and Iona) in 1882 and 1883 photographing harbours, townships, cottages, hotels, lighthouses, fishing boats, bridges and churches (Beveridge 1903). His photographs, along with many other photographers, are held in the National Monuments Record of Scotland (NMRS; Fergusson 2009). Other visual forms such as etchings and paintings are useful, although ‘poetic license’ might have resulted in exaggerated scale and perspective in order to render an impressively picturesque landscape.
In This Section:
Regional
- Clyde Valley Archaeological Research Framework (CVARF)
- South East Scotland Archaeological Research Framework
- Highland Archaeological Research Framework
- Perth and Kinross Archaeological Research Framework
- Regional Archaeological Research Framework for Argyll
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Background and Aims of the RARFA
- 3. Panel Reports
- 4. Towards an Environmental History of Argyll and Bute: A Review of Current Data, Their Strengths and Weaknesses and Suggestions for Future Work
- 5. The Early Prehistory of Argyll: The archaeological record, research themes and future priorities for the Palaeolithic, Mesolithic and Earliest Neolithic periods (12000BP - 6000BP) (10,050BC - 4050BC)
- 6. Neolithic, Chalcolithic and Bronze Age c 4000BC - 800BC
- 7. The Iron Age
- 8. Early Medieval Argyll and Norse/Viking Argyll (AD 400 - AD 1100)
- 9. The Archaeology of Medieval Argyll (AD 1100 - AD 1600)
- 10. Early Modern Period (AD 1600 - AD 1900) and Modern in Argyll (AD 1900 - Present)
- 10.1 Archaeology Introduction
- 10.2 The Environment
- 10.3 Existing Research Agendas
- 10.4 Antiquarian Interest
- 10.5 Early mapping and data collection
- 10.6 Clan papers
- 10.7 Early photography and art
- 10.8 Architecture
- 10.9 Industry
- 10.10 Archaeology
- 10.11 Architectural Standing Building Survey
- 10.12 Historical Geography and Folk Life
- 10.13 Contemporary Research
- 10.14 Main themes for the Modern period 1600 - 2016
- 10.15 Research Recommendations
- 10.16 Bibliography
- Regional Archaeological Research Framework for Argyll: Case Studies
- List of Appendices
- South West Scotland Archaeological Research Framework
- Scotland's Islands Research Framework for Archaeology