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Cecil L. Curle | |
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| Born | Cecil Louisa Mowbray 1901 |
| Died | 12 April 1987 (aged 85–86) |
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| Sub-discipline | Scottish archaeology Early Christian archaeology |
Cecil Louisa Curle FSA FSA Scot (1901 - 12 April 1987) was a Scottish archaeologist and art historian. [1]
Born Cecil Louisa Mowbray, she was first educated at home before studying history of art at the Glasgow College of Art, the Courtauld Institute, and the Sorbonne. Whilst in France she worked with to explore and paint some of the cave paintings at Lascaux. [1]
After returning to Scotland Cecil became interested in Scottish archaeology. She was elected as a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland in 1934. She excavated at Ness of Burgi with A.O. Curle, as well as at Jarlshof and on Shetland. In 1936-1937 she was employed by the Office of Works to supervise excavations at the Brough of Birsay. [1]
Cecil married Alexander T. Curle in 1938 - he was the son of the archaeologist A.O. Curle. During the Second World War they briefly moved to Dorset. As a result of her research on Early Christian Scotland, Curle (as she was now known) was elected as a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London in 1943. In the 1970s and 1980s Curle published the find from her earlier excavations on the Brough of Birsay and followed this with the first volume in the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland Monograph series on a summary of the Pictish and Norse finds from the site.
In archaeology, a broch is an Iron Age drystone hollow-walled structure found in Scotland. Brochs belong to the classification "complex Atlantic roundhouse" devised by Scottish archaeologists in the 1980s.
The Brough of Birsay is an uninhabited tidal island off the north-west coast of The Mainland of Orkney, Scotland, in the parish of Birsay. It is located around 13 miles north of Stromness and features the remains of Pictish and Norse settlements as well as a modern light house.
The Northern Isles are a chain of islands off the north coast of mainland Scotland. The climate is cool and temperate and highly influenced by the surrounding seas. There are two main island groups: Shetland and Orkney. There are a total of 36 inhabited islands, with the fertile agricultural islands of Orkney contrasting with the more rugged Shetland islands to the north, where the economy is more dependent on fishing and the oil wealth of the surrounding seas. Both archipelagos have a developing renewable energy industry. They share a common Pictish and Norse history, and were part of the Kingdom of Norway before being absorbed into the Kingdom of Scotland in the 15th century. The islands played a significant naval role during the world wars of the 20th century.
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