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Mary Aylwin Cotton OBE, FSA, Hon FBA (née Marshall; 1902-1984), known as Molly Cotton, was a British archaeologist and former doctor, noted for her work in Iron Age Britain - particularly hill forts - and Roman Italy. She trained archaeology students at the British School at Rome. In 1946, Cotton received an OBE for outstanding contributions to the war effort. In 1972, the Dr M. Aylwin Cotton Foundation was established to fund fellowships and publication grants for the study of archaeology. She was married to Dr Thomas Forrest Cotton, a Canadian cardiologist.