Local Authority Archaeological Officers Contact Details

This list provides contact details of Local Authority archaeological officers operating in Scotland. They may be able to offer advice or other services in relation to unscheduled archaeological sites and monuments.

Aberdeen City :

Lead Curator, Local History and Archaeology, Aberdeen Maritime Museum, Shiprow, Aberdeen, AB11 5BY
Tel 01224 337718
Fax 01224 213066
Email: judiths@aberdeencity.gov.uk
Web: Website

Aberdeenshire, Angus and Moray Council areas (including Cairngorms National Park within these council areas):

Archaeology Service, Infrastructure Services, Aberdeenshire Council, Woodhill House, Westburn Road, Aberdeen, AB16 5GB
Tel: 01224 664731
Fax: 01224 664679
Email: archaeology@aberdeenshire.gov.uk
Web: Website

Dumfries and Galloway Council:

Archaeology Service, Environmental Planning, Dumfries and Galloway Council, Newall Terrace, Dumfries, DG1 1LW
Tel: 01387 260154
Fax: 01387 260149
Email: janeb@dumgal.gov.uk
Web: Website

East Lothian and Midlothian Council areas:

Archaeology Service, East Lothian Council, John Muir House, Haddington, East Lothian, EH41 3HA
Tel: 01620 827158
Fax: 01620 827456
Email: archaeology@eastlothian.gov.uk
Web: Website

City of Edinburgh Council:

Curator of Archaeology, CECAS, Museum of Edinburgh, 142 Canongate, Edinburgh, EH8 8DD
Tel: 0131 558 1040
Fax: 0131 558 1090
Mobile: 07775 587 516
Email: john.lawson@cecas.freeserve.co.uk; john.lawson@edinburgh.gov.uk

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Falkirk Council:

Keeper of Archaeology & Local History, Falkirk Museum, Falkirk Community Trust, Callendar House, Callendar Park, Falkirk, FK1 1YR

Tel: 01324 503783

Fax: 01324 503771

E-mail geoff.bailey@falkirk.gov.uk

Website: Website

Fife :

Fife Archaeologist, Fife Council, Town House, 2 Wemyssfield, Kirkcaldy, KY1 1XW

Tel: 08451 555555 + Ext 473748

Fax: 01592 583638

E-mail: douglas.speirs@fife.gov.uk

Website: Website

Highland Council (including Cairngorms National Park within Highland):

Archaeology Manager, Countryside, Planning & Development Service, The Highland Council, Glenurquhart Road, Inverness, IV3 5NX

Tel: 01463 702250
Email: archaeology@highland.gov.uk
Web: Website

Orkney Islands Council:

County Archaeologist, Archaeology Centre, Orkney College, Weyland, Kirkwall, KW15 1LX
Tel: 01856 569341
Email: Julie.Gibson@orkney.uhi.ac.uk

Perth and Kinross (including Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park within Perth and Kinross):

Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust, The Lodge, 4 York Place, Perth, PH2 8EP
Tel: 01738 477080 / 477081
Email: DLStrachan@pkc.gov.uk
Web: Website

Scottish Borders:

Archaeology Officer, Environment and Infrastructure, Scottish Borders Council, Council Headquarters, Newtown St Boswells, TD6 0SA
Tel: 01835 826622
Fax: 01835 825158
Email: Christopher.Bowles@scotborders.gov.uk
Web: Website

Shetland:

V Turner, Shetland Archaeologist, Shetland Amenity Trust, Garthspool, Lerwick, Shetland, ZE1 0NY
Tel: 01595 694688
E-mail: val@shetlandamenity.org
Web: Website

Stirling & Clackmannanshire Council areas (but excluding those areas covered by Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park - see entry for West of Scotland):

Archaeologist, Stirling Council, Planning Services, Viewforth, Stirling, FK8 2ET.
Tel: 01786 442752
E-mail: archaeology@stirling.gov.uk
Web: Website

West of Scotland (covering the council areas of Argyll and Bute, West Dunbartonshire, Glasgow City, Renfrewshire, East Renfrewshire, Inverclyde, North Ayrshire, East Ayrshire, South Ayrshire, South Lanarkshire, West Lothian and Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park area within Stirlingshire, Argyll and West Dunbartonshire):

West of Scotland Archaeology Service, Charing Cross Complex, 20 India Street, Glasgow, G2 4PF.
Tel: 0141 287 8332/3/4
Fax: 0141 287 9529
E-mail: enquiries@wosas.glasgow.gov.uk

Web: Website

Western Isles:

Western Isles Archaeologist, Achmore Old School, Achmore, Isle of Lewis, HS2 9DU.
Tel: 01851 709266
Email: deborah.anderson@cne-siar.gov.uk
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