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An aerial relic of O.G.S. Crawford

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Arthur MacGregor
Arthur MacGregor*
Affiliation:
Department of Antiquities, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford OX1 2PH, England, [email protected]
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Abstract

A manuscript scroll preserved in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, proves to be the log from the first in a series of flights undertaken by O.G.S. Crawford (1886–1957) in association with Alexander Keiller (1889–1955), which ultimately resulted in publication of their classic volume, Wessex from the Air (1928), a key work in the history of archaeological aerial photography. The roller-board on which the scroll is mounted proves equally interesting, being a cavalryman's mapping board of a type in use from the 1870s to the late 1920s. These items are placed in their respective historical contexts and an explanation is offered for their seemingly improbable conjunction.

Keywords

O.G.S. CrawfordAlexander KeillerWessexarchaeological aerial photographycavalry sketching board
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Papers
Information
Antiquity , Volume 74 , Issue 283 , March 2000 , pp. 87 - 100
Copyright
Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2000

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