Meeting Reports

Lecture Programme 2023-2024

6 October 2023, 7:30pm

AGM

Looking after Scotland's nature

Professor Roger Crofts

20 October 2023, 7:30pm

Bricks with a story

Mark Cranston

3 November 2023, 7:30pm

War and diplomacy on the northern frontier: the impact of Rome on south-west Scotland and beyond

Dr Fraser Hunter, National Museums Scotland

17 November 2023, 7:30pm

The Dumfries to Stranraer Port Road railway line

Alan Mclellan

1 December 2023, 7:30pm

Scotland's Ukrainians - their story

Peter Kormylo

19 January 2024, 7:30pm

The history of drystane dykes in south west Scotland

Nic Coombey

2 February 2024, 7:30pm

Gold rings, miniature axes and other Bronze Age metalwork finds from Dumfries and Galloway

Dr Matthew Knight, National Museums Scotland

16 February 2024, 7:30pm

Landscapes of the Galloway Hoard

Orla Craig

1 March 2024, 7:30pm

Member's lecture

The story of MacGibbon and Ross and the castles they surveyed

Dr Janet Brennan-Inglis, Barholm Castle

15 March 2024, 7:30pm

South Scotland's largest community buy-out: Creating the Tarras Valley Nature Reserve

Jenny Barlow, Estate Manager, Tarras Valley Nature Reserve (Langholm Initiative)

28 March 2024, 7:30pm

Archaeology on the Rhins: Recent work on the route of the Rhins Coastal Path

Dr Graeme Cavers, AOC Archaeology