Archaeology
Excavation at Trusty's Hill
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Meeting on 25 January 2018
Please note that the meeting on 25 January 2019 is to be given by the retired neurosurgeon. Dr Jeremy Ganz, who will speak on The Life and Contributions of James Hill, Surgeon in Dumfries, which is different from that given on the printed programme card circulated to members at the beginning of this year's session. The meetings for 5 October and 25 January were swapped shortly after the card was printed.
2019 Rhind Lectures
2019 Rhind Lectures
Organised and hosted by the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
10 – 12 May 2019, NMS auditorium, Edinburgh, EH1 1JF
Hadrian’s Wall: A Study in Archaeological Exploration and Interpretation
Professor David Breeze
Where:
NMS Auditorium, Edinburgh, EH1 1JF
When:
10–12 May 2019
Crichton Conference, September 2018
In September, DGNHAS, in collaboration with The Crichton Trust, held a very successful conference which was A Celebration of the Crichton. A report of the proceedings is now available online.
The Pilgrimage of Hadrian's Wall 2019
The next Pilgrimage will run from 20 to 28 July 2019, the first 4 days being based in Newcastle and the remainder in Carlisle. The Wall will be visited from South Shields on the North Sea to Maryport on the Solway. Pilgrims will travel in coaches between sites but there will be plenty of walking. The main themes of the tours will be the evidence for the building of the Wall and its later history in the third and fourth centuries. Eight experts in Hadrian's Wall will undertake the guiding.
Where:
Newcastle to Carlisle
When:
20 to 28 July 2019
Truckell Prize 2017
The 2017 Truckell Prize, awarded annually by the Society, was won by Alistair Livingston of Castle Douglas, the well-known local historian. Alistair came to the Society's lecture meeting in Castle Douglas Parish Church Hall on Saturday, 24 March 2018, to receive the award. The Society's President, Dr Jeremy Brock, presented Alistair with the award before the start of the meeting, which was attended by an audience of 50 members and guests.