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Displaying 111 - 120 of 1885 items… there was standing room only at Gatehouse of Fleet Community Centre on Saturday, 13 April, when 135 people … the Galloway Picts Project. This major archaeological excavation of Trusty's Hillfort, just outside Gatehouse of … inhabited from the fifth to the late sixth centuries AD, coming to a violent and fiery end around 600 AD, at the time …
Meeting: Archaeology of Beer and Brewing
… perhaps understandably enough when the talk to be given by Rebecca Boyde was entitled 'The Archaeology of Beer … Her first degree in Archaeology was from Saskatoon University; thereafter she did an MSc at Bradford; and for … Scotland. She is married to a Manxman. Rebecca revealed some of the international dimensions to beer, which …
… a retired neurosurgeon from Cumbria with professional service in Norway, spoke to Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural … of James Hill, Surgeon in Dumfries . In the 1980s he completed a PhD on epidural haematoma, bleeding in the head. … History of Galloway states that he was the first Hill to come to Galloway. He served as minister in Kirkpatrick …
… Pan Moat Brae Trust and Walter Newall . The streets in the vicinity of Moat Brae were laid out — to a much lesser … a former cabinetmaker, worked for the Water Navigation Company. Dumfries Archive Centre acquired many of Newall's … range of emotions: admiration for Newall's architectural accomplishments in the area; the drama of the …
… The Whim. pots, pans and people: the development of Scotland's industrial pottery was the … assistant and has published 122 papers. As his archive can boast 10,000 slides we knew that we were to be treated to a very special evening of interesting illustrations, which …
Meeting: The story of the navvies and how they changed the landscape of Cumbria and south-west Scotland
… ‘Navvies’ were crucial to Britain’s industrial development. The … and joiners. In Cumbria, the Carlisle Ship Canal was completed in 1823 from Fisher’s Cross (later Port Carlisle) … Settle – 1870 (including the famous Ribblehead Viaduct) The completion of the canals and their successor railways did …
… Behind Dumfries and Galloway Coastal Place Names , was given by Nic Coomby of the Solway Firth Partnership. In his … organised by coastal landscape features, beginning with caves. He showed how different associations influenced names. … thus Castle Port, a safe landing, became St Ninians Cave. Other caves had historic associations, some probably …
Meeting: Fungi Folklore
… At its meeting on 20 November 2015 Duncan Ford, the Countryside Ranger for Hoddom … which may refer to the sensations of flying and buzzing commonly experienced on consumption of this fungus. … lanterns and hoof fungus has been used to make fuses. The common stinkhorn has a phallic shape and we were treated to …
… Alasdair Macdonald began his lecture by giving an overview of the Scottish DNA project. He stressed … than blood samples as was sometimes presumed. Several commercial companies offer testing services, but Ancestry.com currently …
… . Margaret introduced her subject by describing how the novels of Samuel Rutherford Crockett (1859–1914) were famous … went on to describe how the reader could build up a comprehensive impression of Galloway through Crockett's many … of wild gypsies. In Silver Sand (1914) the main character comes from the hills. He has something of 'the other' about …