Basil Richardson Stanley Megaw FSA Scot FRSE FMA (22 June 1913 – 22 August 2002) was a British archaeologist.
He was born on 22 June 1913 in Belfast the son of Arthur S. Megaw and his wife, Helen Bertha Smith.
He then obtained a place at Peterhouse, Cambridge where he graduated BA in Archaeology and Anthropology in 1935.
[4] In 1940 he was also appointed an Inspector of Ancient Monuments in England but could not take on this role due to the Second World War.
[2] From 1957 to 1969 he was Director of the School of Scottish Studies being replaced in 1969 by Prof John MacQueen (1929–2019).