J.L. Williams, Morag Williams and C. Campbell
Kirkmahoe and the Hannahs
Proceedings, Recent (Social), Genealogy
TDGNHAS Series III, 81 (2007), 139(2.95 MB)
Abstract
A genealogical and general history introduction to the Hannah family of Kirkmahoe - and their diverse connections.
|
Magnus Kirkby
Excavations at Lockerbie Academy
Proceedings, Neolithic, Bronze Age, Mediaeval, Recent
TDGNHAS Series III, 81 (2007), 139(2.95 MB)
Abstract
An archaeological excavation carried out by CFA Archaeology at the site of the new Lockerbie Academy identified four concentrations of archaeological features. These consisted of a Neolithic timber hall, a segmented ditched enclosure, an Anglian timber ha
|
I. Maxwell
Early Christian and Pictish Stones
Proceedings, Early Mediaeval
TDGNHAS Series III, 81 (2007), 139(2.95 MB)
Abstract
J. Romilly Allen and co-author Joseph Anderson published ‘The Early Christian Monuments of Scotland’ (ECMS) in 1903. One hundred years on that work still provides us with the most definitive overview of the subject. Over the same period weathering and dec
|
R. Forrester
Changes to Scotland's Birdlife - a new Avifauna
Proceedings, Ornithology
TDGNHAS Series III, 81 (2007), 139(2.95 MB)
Abstract
The speaker explained that the birdlife of Scotland continues to evolve and our knowledge and understanding of these changes is much greater than in the past. Over one hundred and fifty Scottish birdwatchers and ornothologists had contributed to a new boo
|
J. Copland
Action at Sea
Proceedings, Recent (Social), History
TDGNHAS Series III, 81 (2007), 139(2.95 MB)
Abstract
Detailed lecture into sailing and navigation within the Solway.
|
G.M.A. Savage
The Railways of South West Scotland
Proceedings, Recent, Recent (Social), Industrial Archaeology
TDGNHAS Series III, 81 (2007), 138(2.95 MB)
Abstract
Railways in Scotland began with the Kilmarnock and Troon Railway, built by the Duke of Portland and opened in 1812. The first main line in the south west was the Glasgow and South Western Railway. This company came to dominate the south west, although alw
|
D. Caldwell
The Firth of Clyde in the Mediaeval Period - a clash of cultures?
Proceedings, Mediaeval
TDGNHAS Series III, 81 (2007), 138(2.95 MB)
Abstract
The speaker noted that it is reasonably obvious to many that the two sides of the Firth of Clyde, the coast of Ayrshire on the one hand and Kintyre on the other, are two different worlds. This was not always the case. What is more, the flow of ideas and o
|
D. Collin
Shipping in Kirkcudbright 1300 to 2005
Proceedings, Mediaeval, Recent, Recent (Social), Industrial Archaeology
TDGNHAS Series III, 81 (2007), 138(2.95 MB)
Abstract
The speaker gave a comprehensive review of all aspects of shipping in Kirkcudbright throughout the period 1300 to 2005. Particular attention has been devoted to identifying the individual vessels and further information will be found in the author's publi
|
M. Service
Hannahfield and the War Department Connection
Proceedings, Recent, Recent (Social), History
TDGNHAS Series III, 81 (2007), 138(2.95 MB)
Abstract
An illustrated talk on the Dumfries Hannahfield estate c.1829-1928 was given by a local military enthusiast who, having discovered by chance two War Department Boundary Stones near the Kingholm completed some months of on site investigations and research
|
S. Carter
The Work of the Council for Scottish Archaeology
Proceedings, Archaeology (General)
TDGNHAS Series III, 81 (2007), 137(2.95 MB)
Abstract
Scotland has an archaeology heritage of great value. The many well-preserved and accessible sites help us to appreciate how people lived in the distant past, particularly in prehistoric periods when the knowledge, values and beliefs of communities were ve
|
K. Dingwall
Recent Work at Whithorn: Research and Training Excavation in the Manse Field
Proceedings, Archaeology (General), Bronze Age, Mediaeval, Prehistory (General)
TDGNHAS Series III, 81 (2007), 137(2.95 MB)
Abstract
A lecture reporting on excavations in the Manse Field, Whithorn. The excavations revealed features dating from the prehistoric period onwards. Comparisons with other features identified in the Manse Field can be seen at Hoddom where excavations revealed e
|
J. Threlfell
History of Wildlife Art
Proceedings, Botany, Zoology, Ornithology
TDGNHAS Series III, 81 (2007), 137(2.95 MB)
Abstract
Wildlife Art as such is a fairly recent development coinciding with a desire to celebrate the natural world and to conserve it. Animals and birds have featured in art of one form or another however down the centuries, from cave paintings onwards, but subs
|
M.G. Cavers
Crannogs in South-West Scotland
Iron Age, Roman and Romano British, Early Mediaeval, Prehistory (General), Archaeology (General), Proceedings
TDGNHAS Series III, 80 (2006), 180(3.8 MB)
Abstract
Lecture to the Society, 25th March, 2006. Recent work on the lake dwellings of Dumfries and Galloway through the South-West Crannog
Survey a condition monitoring project funded by Historic Scotland has provided a series of site surveys and radiocarbon da
|
R. Toolis
Carghidown: The Excavation of a Galloway Promontory Fort
Proceedings, Archaeology (General), Prehistory (General), Iron Age
TDGNHAS Series III, 80 (2006), 180(3.8 MB)
Abstract
(Lecture to the Society, 17th March 2006. Over two seasons in 2003 and 2004 AOC Archaeology Group, aided by a number of volunteers,
conducted an archaeological excavation of Carghidown in response to coastal erosion. The excavation revealed a multi-phase
|
E.J. Cowan
The Slaying of the Red Comyn, Dumfries 10th February, 1306
Mediaeval, History, Proceedings
TDGNHAS Series III, 80 (2006), 179(3.8 MB)
Abstract
Lecture to the Society, 3rd February, 2006. Mention only.
|
J. Hannay
The History of the Gardens of Dumfries and Galloway
Botany, History, Agriculture, Meteorology, Recent, Recent (Social), Proceedings
TDGNHAS Series III, 80 (2006), 179(3.8 MB)
Abstract
Lecture to the Society, 20th January, 2006. This talk related that Dumfries and Galloway has some of the finest gardens in the country which reflect the climate, topography and history of the area. There is a range of gardens that are right on the sea goi
|
A. Saville
Flint and Stone in Prehistoric Scotland - The Cormack Lecture, 2005
Proceedings, Archaeology (General), Prehistory (General), Geology
TDGNHAS Series III, 80 (2006), 179(3.8 MB)
Abstract
Lecture to the Society, 2nd December, 2005 (The Cormack lecture).
This presentation looked at the way in which people in early prehistoric Scotland had exploited the local lithic resources of flint and stone to manufacture various types of artefacts. The
|
B. Morrell
A Wild Goose Chase, Caerlaverock and the Arctic
Ornithology, Proceedings
TDGNHAS Series III, 80 (2006), 179(3.8 MB)
Abstract
Lecture to the Society, 17th February, 2006. The recovery of the Svalbard Barnacle Goose population from around 300 in the late 1940s to 27,000 in the winter of 2005-6 has been a huge success for conservation but with a changing global climate what will t
|
S. Callander
James Clerk Maxwell
Proceedings, Physics, History
TDGNHAS Series III, 80 (2006), 178(3.8 MB)
Abstract
Summary of a lecture given to the Society on 7th October, 2005. Scotland’s renowned Physicist and greatest Countryman, whose home was in Parton Parish, was born in Edinburgh. James Clerk Maxwell is well known to the scientific world but, shamefully, is
n
|
A. Campbell
Glenkens Schools
Proceedings, Recent, Recent (Social), History
TDGNHAS Series III, 80 (2006), 178(3.8 MB)
Abstract
Summary of a lecture given to the Society, on 18th November, 2005.
The illustrated talk on the Glenkens Schools covered all the recorded schools that were opened in this remote area of the Northern Stewartry starting back in around 1660. The Glenkens co
|
D. Finnegan
Border Hints and Scientific Contagion: The Rise and Spread of Victorian Natural History Societies in Victorian Scotland
Recent, Recent (Social), Miscellaneous, Proceedings
TDGNHAS Series III, 80 (2006), 178(3.8 MB)
Abstract
Summary of a lecture given to the Society on 4th November 2005. The talk unearthed fragments of the rich tradition of publication participation in natural science by re-visiting the enthusiastic and idiosyncratic world of popular natural history in Victor
|
Y. Boles
Black Grouse in Dumfries and Galloway
Zoology, Ornithology, Proceedings
TDGNHAS Series III, 80 (2006), 178(3.8 MB)
Abstract
Summary of a lecture given to the Society on 21st October, 2005. An overview of the ecology of black grouse was initially described from identification, breeding behaviour, where they live and what the birds ate at different times of the year. The status
|
E. Toolis
Sumaria to Scotland, The Roots of Scottish Gardens
Proceedings
TDGNHAS Series III, 79 (2005), 191(4.05 MB)
Abstract
Summary of the Presidential address of Mrs E Toolis presented to the Society on 1st October 2004.
Gardening began in the Fertile Crescent with Sumeria, the first civilisation. Their gardens had sophisticated watering systems with new, imported plants and
|
A. Dodds
The Tongland Engineering Works
Proceedings, Recent, Recent (Social), Industrial Archaeology
TDGNHAS Series III, 78 (2004), 156(4.91 MB)
Abstract
Summary of a lecture delivered to the Society on 27th March 2004 by Alastair Dodds of the National Museums of Scotland. The factory was built to a ferro-concrete design similar to that at Heathhall, Dumfries, itself based on Ford factory designs which all
|
N. Chisholm
The River Annan District Salmon Fishery Board River Management
Proceedings, Biology, Zoology
TDGNHAS Series III, 78 (2004), 156(4.91 MB)
Abstract
Summary of a lecture delivered to the Society on 19th March 2004 by Nick Chisholm, Environmental Manager to the River Annan District Salmon Fishery Board. The River Annan is unaffected by hydro-electric power schemes, unlike so many Highland rivers, and i
|
M. Taylor
Postcard Collecting
Proceedings, Recent, Recent (Social), Recent (Literature & Art), Architecture, Photography
TDGNHAS Series III, 78 (2004), 156(4.91 MB)
Abstract
Summary of a lecture delivered to the Society on Members' Night, 5th March 2004, by Michael Taylor. Postcards soon acquire historical value and this was well exemplified by the range of old and modern postcards used to illustrate this point - many were of
|
Morag Williams
Art Therapy at the Crichton Royal Infirmary
Proceedings, Recent, Recent (Social), Recent (Literature & Art)
TDGNHAS Series III, 78 (2004), 156(4.91 MB)
Abstract
Summary of a lecture delivered to the Society by Morag Williams at members' Night, 5th March 2004. The term 'Art Therapy' did not come into use as a term in connection with the treatment of mentally ill patients till the 1940s but was effectively introduc
|
I. Gow
Recent Developments at Threave
Proceedings, Recent (Social), Recent, History, Genealogy
TDGNHAS Series III, 78 (2004), 155(4.91 MB)
Abstract
Summary of a lecture delivered to the Society on 20th February 2004 by Ian Gow, Senior Curator of the National Trust for Scotland. Mr Gow outlined the history of the Gordon family of Liverpool merchants who moved to the area in the 1870s. After renting ac
|
D. Hextall
Kirkconnel Parish Heritage Society
Early Mediaeval, Mediaeval, Post-mediaeval archaeology, Recent, Recent (Social), History, Parish History, Proceedings, Industrial Archaeology
TDGNHAS Series III, 78 (2004), 155(4.91 MB)
Abstract
Summary of a lecture delivered to the Society on 16th January 2004 by Derek Hextall of the Kirkconnel Parish Heritage Society. The society was set up in 1997. The society has developed several projects to mark the vast heritage of the parish. Cairn School
|
S. Tanner
Forestry and Ecology
Biology, Zoology, Ornithology, Proceedings, Botany, Entomology
TDGNHAS Series III, 78 (2004), 155(4.91 MB)
Abstract
Summary of a lecture delivered to the Society on 6th February 2004 by Stan Tanner, Planning and Environment Forester, Forest Enterprise. Forestry Enterprise manage the Forestry Commission estate to create attractive productive woodland and manage them fo
|
Frances Wilkins
Robert Douglas, 'Collector' of Customs and Master Smuggler
Proceedings, Recent, Recent (Social), History
TDGNHAS Series III, 78 (2004), 154(4.91 MB)
Abstract
Summary of a lecture delivered to the Society on 21st November 2003 regarding life and times of Robert Douglas 'Collector' of Customs and Master Smuggler. Douglas married Margaret Corbet, daughter of a Glasgow merchant. He obtained credit on the Isle of m
|
F. Hunter
Early Celtic Art in South-West Scotland: Its Origin and Purpose
Archaeology (General), Prehistory (General), Iron Age, Roman and Romano British, Proceedings
TDGNHAS Series III, 78 (2004), 154(4.91 MB)
Abstract
Summary of the First Cormack lecture - delivered to the Society on 5th december 2003. The subject was 'Early Celtic Art in South-West Scotland: Its Origin and Purpose'. Fraser Hunter explained that he hoped that the lecture provided some insights, however
|
D. - Cowley
The Archaeological Survey of Dundrennan Range, Kirkcudbright
Proceedings, Archaeology (General), Recent, Recent (Social)
TDGNHAS Series III, 78 (2004), 153(4.91 MB)
Abstract
Summary of lecture given on 3rd October 2003. The Dundrennan range was established in 1942. The RCAHMS, in partnership with the Ministry of Defence, has recently undertaken a baseline archaeological survey. The survey, including all relict military featur
|
A. Durie
Moffat for Health? A Spa Town in Victorian Times
Proceedings, Recent, Recent (Social)
TDGNHAS Series III, 78 (2004), 153(4.91 MB)
Abstract
Summary of a lecture delivered 7th November 2003. A review of the Moffat Spa town over the centuries was provided but the lecture concentrated on the Victorian period - with particular reference to the history of the Hydro Hotel and its subsequent destruc
|
C. Miles
An Update of Plant Recording in Dumfriesshire
Botany, Proceedings
TDGNHAS Series III, 78 (2004), 153(4.91 MB)
Abstract
Summary of a lecture given to the Society on 17th October 2003. An overview of past botanical recording within the county was given with details of recent work
|