ACCORD with the Friends of the Glasgow Necropolis

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ACCORD project (2017) ACCORD with the Friends of the Glasgow Necropolis [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1042728

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Overview

The ACCORD team worked with The Friends of the Glasgow Necropolis on the 5th and 6th of July 2014. The project was based at the Glasgow Necropolis. Together we 3D recorded and modelled two headstone inscriptions (one dedicated to Francoise Foucart 1781-1863, the other to Mrs John MacDonald died 1841), and the portico and interior of the Monteath Mausoleum (1842-1850), in the Glasgow Necropolis (NS 60369 65405). We used the technologies of photogrammetry and Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI).

Established in 2005, the Friends of the Glasgow Necropolis have a constitution and is run entirely by a volunteer committee; membership is open to anyone over 18 and to families for a small fee. They are registered as a Scottish Charity (SC037918). As stated in their constitution "the objectives of the association are advancing public understanding and enjoyment of the Glasgow Necropolis, and working with Glasgow City Council to conserve and develop the Glasgow Necropolis, for the benefit and amenity of the public." Members include people from a range of professional backgrounds and from all across the globe. The ACCORD team worked with five members of the Friends, an Erasmus exchange student on placement with the Friends and one non-member who had previously collaborated with the Friends. The ACCORD engagement with the Friends grew out of an ongoing Adopt a Monument project run by Archaeology Scotland.

List of Participants in the ACCORD project:

  • Natalia Burakowska (Friends of the Glasgow Necropolis)
  • Roger Guthrie (Friends of the Glasgow Necropolis)
  • Nigel Willis (Friends of the Glasgow Necropolis)
  • Scott Kerr (Friends of the Glasgow Necropolis)
  • Ruth Johnston (Friends of the Glasgow Necropolis)
  • Sara Szerszvnowick (Erasmus student with Friends of the Glasgow Necropolis)
  • Lynda Henderson (Independent)
  • Stuart Jeffrey (Digital Design Studio, Glasgow School of Art)
  • Mhairi Maxwell (Digital Design Studio, Glasgow School of Art)
  • Siân Jones (University of Manchester)
  • Cara Jones (Archaeology Scotland)

Description of Data-Capture Process:

For photogrammetry, data collection consisted of digital images captured with an 18-55mm Nikkor lens on a Nikon D5300 DSLR camera and other various camera models (owned by members of the group). Before any images were taken, the camera and lens settings were set to automatic with no flash and images captured at JPG fine quality (metadata for each image is provided in the accompanying excel spreadsheet). A total of 609 digital images were captured in order to create a photogrammetric model of the Monteath Mausoleum.

For reflectance transformation imaging, in both cases, data collection consisted of digital images captured with an 18-55mm Nikkor lens on a Nikon D5300 DSLR camera. Before any images were taken, the camera and lens settings were fixed so that each image was taken within controlled parameters, with no flash and images captured at JPG fine quality. We used the RTI builder software available from Cultural Heritage Imaging, which uses a polynomial texture mapping plugin. We used a LED hand-held light source for highlight based data capture and a shiny black sphere mounted on a tripod next to the object surface. To minimise light pollution data capture took place under a tarp. In total we took 51 of the Francoise Foucart headstone and 40 of the Mrs John MacDonald headstone.

Data available on the ADS from this project:

  • Photographs of co-production in action.
  • A summary statement of pre-existing and generated social value and significance related to the monuments recorded. This was co-written with the Friends of the Glasgow Necropolis.
  • Two photogrammetric 3D models produced by the Friends of the Glasgow Necropolis with ACCORD of the Monteath Mausoleum exterior portico and the interior, normally closed off to the public. The model of the exterior is made available as an interactive 3D PDF and X3G files from which you can 3D print, and both models also provided in OBJ file format.
  • Two Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) files produced by the Friends of the Glasgow Necropolis of the Francoise Foucart (1781-1863) and Mrs John MacDonald (died 1841) headstones.
  • Archival copies of the original digital photographs used to create the photogrammetric models and the RTI images.
  • Additional archive files including a 2013 Masters dissertation on the 'Stone Decay on Mausoleums in the Glasgow Necropolis: Major Archibald Douglas Monteath Mausoleum, David Cousin, 1842' written by Lynda Henderson who participated in the ACCORD project, and photographs of the Glasgow Necropolis provided by Ruth Johnston, Chair of the Friends of the Glasgow Necropolis.
  • Metadata for the above.

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