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Christian MacLagan, Archaeologist, feminist and theologian.
At a private meeting of the Stirlingshire Educational Trust in February 1889 the report notes that Miss Christian MacLagan exhibited a ground plan of the Stones of Callernish in the Western Isles drawn from personal survey and measurement.
Behind this statement lies the story
Behind this statement lies the story
of a woman who was a pioneer in the male-dominated field of archaeology and who, despite all her work and the substantial contribution she made to archaeology, was never admitted to full membership of the prestigious Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, an affront to
her sex which she never forgave.
Christian had strong religious beliefs which led her to leave the establlished Church in 1843 at the time of the Disruption. She funded the building of the Marykirk in St Mary's Wynd in the town in 1868 but soon fell out with the minister
Christian had strong religious beliefs which led her to leave the establlished Church in 1843 at the time of the Disruption. She funded the building of the Marykirk in St Mary's Wynd in the town in 1868 but soon fell out with the minister
and bought the church back to hand it over to the Church of Scotland. At the age of 50, following her mother's death, Christian travelled extensively to gather and annotate her unique collection of rubbings of Christian crosses and Pictish symbols, an astonishing achievement
given the restraints of her time. Her collection is now held in the British Library(surprise, surprise). Christian was a strong supporter of the nationalist movement and gave generously to the funds to build the Wallace Monument in the 1860s. She died in May, 1901.
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