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Object number08832

TitleMousa Broch

Creator Miss Christian MacLagan (maker)‎

DescriptionThis model was made by Christian Maclagan (1811–1901) and presented by her trustees to the Smith in 1903. This detailed model is supposed to depict the Broch of Mousa; however it is really a representation of Maclagan's own ideas on brochs. It includes details such as standing stones in the walls as she considered them to be foundations for these Iron Age structures. Brochs are a kind of Iron Age roundhouse found only in Scotland. The Mousa Broch in Shetland is the best-preserved of them all - a totem of Scottish prehistory. Thought to have been constructed in about 300 BC, it stands 13m tall. It is estimated that at least seven hundred brochs once existed across Scotland. Although brochs are found mainly in the west and north of Scotland, seven sites of significance have been excavated or noted in Stirlingshire. These are at Torwood, Brae of Boquhapple, Coldoch, Easter Borland, Fairy Knowe, Craigievern, and Leckie. Christian Maclagan was a remarkable Scottish antiquarian, early archaeologist, philanthropist, and feminist. She is known for her collection of Celtic crosses and Pictish stones rubbings from across Scotland and was a pioneer of stratigraphic excavation. Although she lost the use of her right hand due to a medical condition, she nevertheless produced numerous drawings, sketches, and paintings with her non-dominant left hand, and we’re lucky enough to have a couple in our collection.

Production placeRavenscroft, Denny

Production date 1870 - 1890

Object nameModel, Architectural Model

archaeology

TechniqueHome made