Walter Grant Archaeological Collection

• Reference:GB 241 D138
• Dates of Creation:1932-1938
• Name of Creator:
  Walter Gordon Grant FSA (Scot) - b. 1886 Elgin. d. 1947 Orkney
• Language of Material:English
• Physical Description:
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• Scope and Content

  Plans and drawings connected with archaeological digs in Rousay. Walter Gordon Grant FSA (Scot) - b. 1886 Elgin. d. 1947 Orkney; distiller; company director; amatuer archaeologist; son of James Grant, Highland Park, Kirkwall; married Florence Davidson, Kirkwall Owner of most of Rousay, living at Trumland House in summer, Hillhead, St Ola in winter, he became a keen amateur archaeologist financing excavation and preservation of a number of ancient monuments in Rousay in close association with Gordon Childe, notably the Midhowe broch and Salled Cairn. (Source: Who was Who in Orkney p60 and originally from Orcadian, 17 Apr 1947)

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