Nigel Allen Ruckley

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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	Early retirement from BGS and moved to Kirkbuddo, Angus.
2024	Died 26th June 2024.

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.