TDGNHAS Series III, Volume 97

CONTENTS

Office-Bearers 2022–2023 and Fellows of the Society iii
Revised Society Rules v
Editorial Information ix
Business Information x
Truckell Prize xi

Articles
The Galloway Forest Pine Marten Den Box Project by Johnny Birks and John Martin 1
Who Was Old King Cole? And What is the Significance of the Answer for the History of ‘The Old British North’? – Part Two by Philip Thornhill 17
What is a ‘Birren’? by Alan James 37
The Townhouse Whithorn, 1709 by Joe Rock 49
Thomas Edgar: A Forgotten Dumfriesshire Poet by Margaret Kennedy 75

Addenda Antiquaria
Rev. C.H. Dick by David Bartholomew 101

Reviews
The Story of Carsluith by David R. Hannay. Jeanette Brock. 104
The Covenanters of the Glenkens by David Bartholomew. Michael Ansell. 105
A Mighty Fleet and the King’s Power: The Isle of Man AD 400 to 1265 by Tim Clarkson.
David Devereux. 106

Notice of Publication 108
Society Proceedings 110
Outing to Arthuret and Kirkandrews-on-Esk 122