ACCORD with the Kirkcudbright History Society
ACCORD project, 2017. https://doi.org/10.5284/1042730. How to cite using this DOI
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Stuart
Jeffrey
Research Fellow
Glasgow School of Art
Digital Design Studio
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Resource identifiers
- ADS Collection: 2153
- DOI:https://doi.org/10.5284/1042730
- How to cite using this DOI
Overview
The ACCORD team worked with The Kirkcudbright History Society on the 4th and 5th of October 2014. The project was based in Kircudbright Kirkyard, Dumfriesshire. Together in the Kirkcudbright Kirkyard we modelled three grave monuments using photogrammetry (two are archived here with the ADS) and recorded the inscriptions on two of these using the technique of Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) (both of which are archived with the ADS). The three grave monuments included one dedicated to the traveller Billy Marshall who died in 1792; an 18th Century gravestone with one face completely occupied by raised lettering; and an ornate tablestone grave dedicated to Samuel Herries who died in 1793.
Five members of the Kirkcudbright History Society (one of whom is also a member of the local camera club) and a member of the Wigtownshire Antiquarians, took part in this ACCORD project. The Kirkcudbright History Society was primarily set-up in 2001 as a lecture society, meeting monthly from October to March, and run entirely by a volunteer committee. It is one of the youngest societies in Dumfries and Galloway. It currently has around 80 members. The aims of the society are to encourage and conduct research into local history topics, arrange and organise lectures on local history themes, organise outings to places of interest, publish or assist in the publication of notes, papers, transcripts and web pages (relating to local history), liaise with holders of source material, and arrange local history exhibitions. They have their own website at http://www.kirkcudbrighthistorysociety.org.uk/.
List of Participants in the ACCORD project:
- Jennifer Roberts (Kirkcudbright History Society)
- William Gardner (Kirkcudbright History Society)
- John Pickin (Kirkcudbright History Society)
- David F. Devereux (Kirkcudbright History Society)
- Helen Bowick (Kirkcudbright History Society)
- George Wishart (Kirkcudbright History Society and Camera Club)
- Stuart Jeffrey (Digital Design Studio, Glasgow School of Art)
- Mhairi Maxwell (Digital Design Studio, Glasgow School of Art)
- Clara Molina-Sanchez (Digital Design Studio, Glasgow School of Art)
Description of Data-Capture Process:
For photogrammetry, in all cases, data collection consisted of digital images captured with varying cameras. 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 193 digital images were captured in order to create a photogrammetric model of the headstone dedicated to traveller Billy Marshall (1672-1792), and 108 of the headstone dedicated to Robert McLellan (1711).
For reflectance transformation imaging, in all 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 hand-held light sources for highlight based data capture and a shiny black sphere mounted on tripod next to the object surface. To minimise light pollution data capture took place under a tarp. In total we took 80-120 images to create each RTI using a LED light source.
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 Kirkcudbright History Society ACCORD participants.
- Two photogrammetric 3D models produced by the group with ACCORD of the Billy Marshall and Robert McLellan headstones. These are made available as interactive 3D PDFs and also as OBJ files.
- Two Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) files produced by the group of the Robert McLellan headstone and another dedicated to Samuel Herries (1713-1793).
- Archival copies of the original digital photographs used to create the photogrammetric models and the RTI images.
- Metadata for the above.
All ACCORD datasets provided via the ADS are licensed under a Creative Commons CC BY 3.0 license
