Argyll Inventory of the Ancient Monuments - Complete set of 7 volumes

 

Volume 1 - Kintyre - 1971; SBN 114906505. xlvi - 233 and 102 plate pages. Illustrations include b/w photography, pencil diagrams and drawings and maps. Glossary and Index. Map and conversion table in pocket at rear.

Inventory includes:

Chambered Cairns, Cairns and Barrow; Burials and Cists; Cup-and-ring Markings; Standing Stones; Forts; Duns; Crannogs; Cave; Ogam Stone; Viking Burial; Miscellaneous Earthworks and Enclosures; Motte; Ecclesiastical Monuments; Castles; Tower-Houses and Fortifications; The Burgh of Campbeltown; Domestic Architecture from the 16th to the 19th century; Farms, Townships and Shielings; Industrial and Engineering Works; Bridges; Architectural Fragments, Carved Stones, Sundials etc.; Quarries; Wells; Indeterminate Remains.

 

Volume 2 - Lorn - 1974; ISBN 0114911479. xlvii - 325pp and 120 plate pages. Illustrations include b/w photography, pencil diagrams and drawings and maps. Glossary and Index. Map and conversion table in pocket at rear.

Inventory includes:

Chambered Cairns, Cairns and Barrow; Burials and Cists; Cup-and-ring Markings; Standing Stones and Stone Circle; Forts; Duns; Crannogs; Cave; Miscellaneous Earthworks and Enclosures; Ecclesiastical Monuments; Castles, Tower-Houses and Fortifications; The Burgh of Oban; Domestic Architecture from the 17th to the 19th century; Farms, Townships and Shielings; Industrial and Engineering Works including Quarries; Roads and Bridges; Architectural Fragments, Carved Stones, etc.; Indeterminate Remains.

 

Volume 3 - Mull, Tiree, Coll & Northern Argyll (excluding the Early Medieval & later monuments of Iona) - 1980; ISBN 0114915911. xlvi - 281pp and 109 plate pages. Illustrations include b/w photography, pencil diagrams and drawings and maps. Glossary and Index. Large folded Map in pocket at rear.

Inventory includes:

Chambered Cairns; Cairns and Barrows; Burials and Cists; Cup-markings; Standing Stones and Stone Circles; Forts; Brochs; Duns; Souterrains; Viking Burials; Crannogs and Related Structures; Ecclesiastical Monuments; Castles, Tower Houses and Fortifications; Domestic Architecture from the 17th Century to the 19th Century; Farms, Townships and Shielings; Industrial and Engineering Works, including Quarries; Architectural Fragments, Carved Stones, Sundials, etc.; Miscellaneous Structures. 

 

Volume 4 - Iona - 1982; ISBN 011491728. xvi - 286pp and i-iv pull out aspect drawings and ground plan of Abbey. Illustrations include b/w photography, pencil diagrams and drawings, plans and maps. Glossary and Index. End papers with map showing Scottish areas by volumes published and by in preparation.

Inventory includes:

Prehistoric Monuments; Ecclesiastical Monuments including Early Christian Monastery; Abbey; Nunnery; Funerary Monuments, crosses and other Carved Stones; St Oran's Chapel; Domestic Architecture; Townships and Shielings; Industrial Monument; Miscellaneous.

 

Volume 5 - Islay, Jura, Colonsay & Oronsay - 1984; ISBN 0114923450. xxiv - 373pp; I - IV Maps showing location of sites. Illustrations include b/w photography, pencil diagrams and drawings and maps. Glossary and Index.

Inventory includes:

Chambered Cairns, Cairns and Barrow; Burials and Cists; Cup-and-ring Markings; Standing  Stones and Stone Circles; Forts; Duns; Open Settlements, Hut-Circles, Field-systems and Burnt Mounds; Viking Burials; Crannogs and Related Structures; Ecclesiastical Monuments; Castles; Tower-Houses and Fortifications; Domestic Architecture from the 17th to the 19th century; Farms, Townships and Shielings; Industrial and Engineering Works; Miscellaneous Structures.

 

Volume 6 - Mid Argyll & Cowal Prehistoric & Early Historic Monuments - 1988; ISBN 0114933847. xxvi - 228pp; 1-6 Maps showing location of sites. Illustrations include b/w photography, pencil diagrams and drawings and maps. Glossary and Index. End papers with map showing Scottish areas by volumes published and by in preparation.

Inventory includes:

Chambered Cairns; Henge Monument; Cairns and Barrow; Burials and Cists; Cup-and-ring Markings; Standing Stones and Standing Circles; Forts; Duns; Earthwork and Enclosures; Open Settlements and Hut-Circles; Crannogs; Caves; Miscellaneous Structures.

 

Volume 7 - Mid Argyll & Cowal Medieval & Later Monuments - 1992; ISBN 0114940940. xxviii - 592pp; 1-6 Maps showing location of sites. Illustrations include b/w photography, pencil diagrams and drawings and maps. Glossary and Index. End papers with map showing Scottish areas by volumes published and by in preparation.

Inventory includes:

Ecclesiastical Monuments; Castles and Fortifications; Crannogs and Related Structures; Domestic Architecture from the 17th to the 19th Century; Inverary Castle Estate; Inverary Town; Farms, Townships and Shielings; Industrial Monuments; Transport Monuments; Wells; Architectural Fragments, Graffiti and Sundials.

The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS) was established in 1908 by Royal Warrant to create a permanent record of Scotland’s built heritage — its ancient monuments, archaeological sites, and historic buildings. Its founding reflected a growing national awareness of the need to preserve knowledge of the country’s cultural and architectural legacy, particularly as industrialisation, urban expansion, and agricultural change threatened to erase traces of the past.

 

At its core, RCAHMS served as Scotland’s national body for surveying, recording, and interpreting the physical remains of human activity across the landscape. Its primary duty was to identify and document sites of historical and archaeological importance, ranging from prehistoric stone circles and Iron Age brochs to medieval castles, churches, farmsteads, and later industrial structures. The Commission’s work aimed not only to preserve knowledge through documentation but also to advise on protection and conservation measures, ensuring that key monuments were safeguarded for future generations.

These are 7 extremely well presented  volumes all with clean original dustcovers with protective covering and with clean and bright unmarked pages throughout.

 

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