Nigel Allen Ruckley
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Timeline
| Date | Details |
|---|---|
| 1944 | Born 22 December 1944, Portsmouth. |
| Educated Stamford School. | |
| 1963 | Appointed as a cartographic draughtsman, British Geological Survey. |
| Petrologist. | |
| 1978-1983 | Diving Officer, Continental Shelf project. |
| 1986 | Elected FSAScot 13th October 1986. |
| 1990 | BGS geo-archaeological coordinator for Scotland. |
| 1990-1992 | Work on Brimstone Hill Fortress, St Kitts, West Indies, under the direction of Victor Smith. |
| 1991 | Part of Kirkdale Archaeology team under Gordon Ewart which carried out archaeological appraisals of Cape Coast and Elmina Castles, Ghana. |
| 1992 | Member of a six-strong Fortress Study Group team in the less exotic surroundings of Holderness in East Yorkshire. |
| 1997 | Took early retirement from BGS and moved to Kirkbuddo, Angus. |
| 2024 | Died 26th June 2024. |
Obituaries
Stell, Geoffrey and Caldwell, David. 2024. Nigel Allen Ruckley FSAScot. Society of Antiquaries of Scotland Obituary.
Nigel Ruckley Obituary. The Scotsman July 11, 2024.
Ruckley. Family announcements. The Courier/Evening Telegraph (Dundee). July 11, 2024.