Dr Anna Ritchie (CHAIR, Independent Researcher)
Dr Alex Hale (then Royal Commission on Ancient and Historic Monument of Scotland, now Historic Environment Scotland),
Professor Stephen Driscoll (University of Glasgow),
Dr John Raven (then Historic Scotland, now Historic Environment Scotland)
Andrew McLean (then Archivist, Mount Stuart Trust)
Anne Speirs (Bute Museum)
Isabell McArthur (Buteshire Natural History Society).