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H.S. Gladstone

The Laying of Pheasants [Summary only]

Ornithology

TDGNHAS Series II, 19 (1906-07), 78(WARNING large file size: 8.84 MB)

Abstract

A note on this subject was contributed by Mr Hugh S. Gladstone, Capenoch. This showed that early in the spring of 1906 two hen pheasants were penned with a blackcock in the hope of obtaining a hybrid. None of the eggs, however, were fertile. The first egg

David F. Devereux

The Lochenkit Moor Covenanters – a Newly Discovered Account of a ‘Killing Times’ Incident

Recent, History

TDGNHAS Series III, 83 (2009), 229(WARNING large file size: 5.11 MB)

Abstract

The killing of four Covenanters by Crown forces on Lochenkit Moor near present-day Crocketford in Kirkcudbrightshire in early 1685 was one of the most notorious events of the ‘Killing Times’. Today, a walled enclosure protects the site of their grave and an impressive obelisk nearby records the circumstances of their killing2. However, an account of the incident has been recently discovered in a manuscript book held in the Stewartry Museum in Kirkcudbright, which, if accurate, offers an alternative interpretation of the event.