Articles

The Rookeries of Dumfriesshire 2003
by L.R. Griffin, D. Skilling, R.T. Smith and J.G. Young
1

Including comparisons with the surveys of 1908, 1921, 1963, 1975 and 1993
by L.R. Griffin, D. Skilling, R.T. Smith and J.G. Young
13

Bog Bodies from Dumfries and Galloway
by John Pickin
31

The Excavation of Multi-Period Remains adjacent to the Banked Enclosure of Warden’s Dykes, Gretna
by Iain Banks
37

Early Historic and Medieval Activity at Chapelton, Haugh of Urr, Dumfries and Galloway
by Derek Alexander
61

‘Naked and Unarmoured’: A Reassessment of the Role of the Galwegians at the Battle of the Standard
by Ronan Toolis
79

53 George Street, Whithorn: The Late MedievaL Priory Gatehouse
by Christopher E. Lowe
93

Mary Queen of Scots’ Last Night in Scotland
by A.E. MacRobert
111

The Dumfries Incorporation of Fleshers, 1658–1829
by A.E. Truckell
115

Brittonic Place-Names from South-West Scotland, Part 5
by Andrew Breeze
121

Two ‘Bird Hall’ Names in Kirkpatrick Fleming
by Carole Hough
125

A Local Treasure-Trove, John Mactaggart’s Scottish Gallovidian Encyclopedia
by J. Derrick McClure
131

Addenda Antiquaria

A Final Report on the Lochmaben Court and Council Book 1612–1721
by John B. Wilson
139

Sixteenth-Century Town Defences at Annan
by Colin Wallace
141

Searching for Mossknow Tower by Resistivity Survey
by James Williams and D. Shiel
142

Reviews

From Auchencairn to the Glenkens and Portpatrick: The Journal of David Gibson, 1814–1843 by Innes Macleod
reviewed by James Williams
148

Kirkcudbright: An Alphabetic Guide to its History by David R. Collin
reviewed by James Williams
148

The People of Kirkcudbright in 1786 and 1788, edited Innes Macleod
reviewed by James Williams
149

Roman Artillery by Alan Wilkins
reviewed by John Gair
149

Minute by Minute, 300 years of Lochmaben History by John B. Wilson
reviewed by John Gair
150

Obituary

Patrick Crichton
152

Proceedings
153