Christian Maclagan was a Scottish antiquarian and early archaeologist, described by one author as "the earliest female archaeologist in the British Isles," and certainly among the earliest examples.
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![Uncredited artist's sketch of distance slab[20] found at Arniebog Farm, Westerwood, Cumbernauld.[21] Christian Maclagan attempted to buy the slab and produced a sketch of it in ink.[22] It has been scanned and a video produced.[23]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Pastinpresentwha00mitc_orig_0265.jpg/500px-Pastinpresentwha00mitc_orig_0265.jpg)
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Christian Maclagan was a Scottish antiquarian and early archaeologist, described by one author as "the earliest female archaeologist in the British Isles," and certainly among the earliest examples. She is known for her collection of rubbings of Celtic crosses and Pictish stones 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 left hand. She took action to help those affected by poverty in Stirling. She refused to sit for portraits although one obituary described her as tall. She was a suffragist. She wrote an autobiography but the script remains lost. She was nominated to be one of Scotland's Heroines honoured at the National Wallace Monument's Hall of Heroes.
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