Alexander Ormiston Curle

He was born on 3 May 1866 at Abbey Park in Melrose in the Scottish Borders the son of James Curle, a solicitor.

[3] From August 1908 until February 1909 he set out to record all of Scotland’s important monuments, undertaking the 300 mile trip largely by bicycle.

In 1919 he made his most important archaeological find, a large concealment of Roman and Gallic silver plateware at Traprain Law.

[6] He died in hospital in Edinburgh on 7 January 1955 and is buried in the family plot on the south side of Melrose Abbey.

[7] In 2006 a plaque was unveiled at his family home at Priorwood in Melrose, naming him and his brother James as two of the three archaeological giants in Scotland.