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Displaying 131 - 140 of 2530 items… Dr Richard Jones, senior lecturer of the Department of Archaeology of Glasgow University, addressed Dumfriesshire and … the walker covers the ground. Interpreting the readings is complicated by the fact that other features, such as modern …
Biography: Alexander Robertson
… Alexander Robertson, M.A. Obituary from Transactions , Series III, … Sadly, those who could match his classical erudition are becoming ever fewer. Alex was born in Perth on 16 June 1920 … Class Honours in Classics and was. awarded the Vans Dunlop Scholarship in Classics, the Scott and Dunbar Prize in …
… and the Manse of Caerlaverock to Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society on Members' … at Caerlaverock manse where he discovered a stone in the garden wall, commemorating Hutton's construction of the manse of 1708, …
… of James Hill, Surgeon in Dumfries . In the 1980s he completed a PhD on epidural haematoma, bleeding in the head. … reported on them for up to 14 years afterwards. He is 'an undeservedly forgotten celebrity'. Dr Ganz outlined the period … name of Alexander Monro occupied the chair of Anatomy for 126 years. It was Alexander Monro, primus, in whose class …
Volume: TDGNHAS Series III, Volume 83
… Little (1797?–1867), A Preliminary Account of his Entomological Activities by E. Geoffrey Hancock, Ronald M. Dobson and James Williams 5 Punt Gunning for Wildfowl and Waders by John Young 17 Excavation of an Iron Age Round House … and Geoffrey Stell 91 Smuggling and Kirkcudbright Merchant Companies in the Eighteenth Century by Frances Wilkins 105 …
… Centre in Gillbrae Road. After the AGM the retiring President Dr Jeremy Brock gave his presidential lecture on a … impacted on the village, and then reviewed the archaeological remains and history of the area. These dated back to … dates from approximately 1205 after the Christian re-conquest when people were encouraged to settle in the area. …
… 2025 is King Arthur: Medieval British Literature and Modern Critical Tradition by Andrew Breeze. Priced at £44.99 hardback, £26.99 paperback. Contents 1. Preface 2. Arthur’s … of Britain’s history and early literature. It begins with a compelling demonstration of ‘King’ Arthur as no figure of …
TDGNHAS Card: 3085-10
… on planned settlements in South West Scotland and the local industrial archaeology in order to explore the progress of Gatehouse of Fleet from the … tradesmen all became caught up in the rapid rise and subsequent failure of the Ayr Bank in 1772. The lasting effects …
… Articles Waders in the Outer Solway by R.C. Dickson 1 Dumfriesshire … Williams 7 The Gold Lunula of Auchentaggart by Joan J. Taylor 12 The Silver Chain from Whitecleugh, Shieldholm, Crawfordjohn, Lanarkshire by Isabel Henderson 20 Excavations at Whithorn Priory, 1972 and 1975 by …
Meeting: Policing Dumfries and Galloway
… turnout for the Society's meeting on Friday night — despite the wild weather brought in by Storm Erik. Members and guests were treated to a comprehensive guide to the history of policing across Dumfries and Galloway by retired police officer, John Maxwell. John began …