18th-century headstone, St Michael's Parish Churchyard, Inveresk, East Lothian. © Susan Buckham
Membership
The NCCSS is an independent body mainly composed of representatives from Scottish national bodies (see below). Meeting three times a year, we provide a forum for the exchange of information among members and their organizations. We aim to enable a better understanding of the issues affecting carved stones and to facilitate collective efforts to address them. Drawing on our wide range of interests and expertise, we seek to identify and spread good practice, and to inform and hence influence institutional policy and strategy.
Please see NCCSS documents for our Annual Reports and other information about the Committee and its work.
Please see NCCSS documents for our Annual Reports and other information about the Committee and its work.
In addition to the independent chair, the NCCSS has a membership of up to 14 people, of whom 10 represent organizations and four are individual members with particular expertise in an aspect of carved stones. Below is a list of members:
To contact the Committee about issues relating to its remit, write to: Dr Louisa Campbell, NCCSS Chair, University of Glasgow, Archaeology, Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK.
- Chair: Dr Louisa Campbell is Lecturer in Heritage Materials Science at the University of Glasgow. She specialises in Roman carved stones and has a particular interest in unique Distance Sculptures from the Antonine Wall. She has undertaken extensive analysis on these and other Roman statuary to identify pigments and digitally reconstruct them in full colour.
- Deputy Chair / Secretary / Treasurer: Dr Susan Buckham, Kirkyard Consulting / University of Stirling
- Dr Jamie Barnes, co-opted member, Scottish Government
- Dr Anouk Busset, co-opted member, Independent Researcher
- Archaeology Scotland: Phil Richardson
- Association of Local Government Archaeological Officers: John Lawson is regional archaeologist for the City of Edinburgh Council and current Chair of ALGAO: UK, with over 30 years’ experience in archaeological field work, research and heritage management in Scotland and the UK.
- Association of Scottish Genealogists and Researchers in Archives (ASGRA): Val Wilson
- Church of Scotland: Judith Roebuck is the sanctuary development manager for the Church of Scotland although with a background in archaeology and historic buildings. She takes the lead for the church in relation to its collection of carved stone of various dates which have been moved into church buildings.
- Historic Environment Scotland (HES): Dr John Raven, Dr Ruby Ceron-Carrasco, Colin Muir:
- Colin Muir is a senior Stone Conservator with over 25 years' experience conserving Scotland's carved stones. He contributes technical input to the NCCSS on areas of stone decay, conservation, replication and 3D recording.
- Dr Ruby Ceron-Carrasco is the Documentation Manager for HES Collections Unit. She has over 30 years’ experience in archaeological post-excavation research in Scotland, Eastern Mediterranean, the Levant and Central Anatolia. She is presently responsible for overseeing the cataloguing of all HES collections across Scotland, these include numerous ex-situ carved stones, ranging from Pictish stones, early Christian slabs and Post-reformation gravestones to statuary and medieval architectural fragments.
- Museum Galleries Scotland: Jacob O'Sullivan
- Scottish Museums Federation: Dr Sharon Webb, Kilmartin Museum
- Scottish Rock Art Project: Dr Tertia Barnett, Honorary Fellow at the University of Edinburgh, specialises in rock art in Britain and North Africa. She has led on several community co-production projects to record, research and raise awareness of prehistoric carvings, including Scotland's Rock Art Project.
- Society of Antiquaries of Scotland: Dr Helen Spencer is the Scottish Archaeological Research Framework (ScARF) Project Manager. ScARF were involved in the creation of, and now host and manage, the Future Thinking on Carved Stones in Scotland Research Framework. Helen previously worked at National Museums Scotland as Collections Care Manager and has specific experience of preventive conservation and collections management.
- Treasure Trove Unit: Emily Freeman is Treasure Trove Manager. Treasure Trove in Scotland ensures the preservation of important archaeological finds in accredited museums across Scotland. Under Scots common law, ownerless property belongs to the Crown which includes portable antiquities – there are no limitations on material or age of those artefacts. Carved stone can therefore be classified as Treasure Trove in specific cases, and it is the remit of the Treasure Trove Unit to assess and make recommendations to the King’s and Lord Treasurer’s Remembrancer as to which of these cases should be claimed.
To contact the Committee about issues relating to its remit, write to: Dr Louisa Campbell, NCCSS Chair, University of Glasgow, Archaeology, Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK.