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Displaying 151 - 160 of 613 itemsVolume: TDGNHAS Series II, Volume 2
… [Mention only] Author: Glover Anderson, J. 4 Standing Stones [Summary only] Author: Lytteil, W. 4 Exhibits [1879, … The 5 Notes on the (so-called) Druids' Circle at Holywood [Summary only] Author: Gilchrist, J. 5 The Scope and … and Troqueer Holm Author: Not declared 27 Field Meeting. Comlongan Castle [Mention only] Author: Not declared 30 …
Volume: TDGNHAS Series III, Volume 9
… Notes on the Birds of Dumfriesshire Author: Gladstone, H.S. 10 The Marriage of John, Lord Maxwell, and … Author: Murray, J. 193 Field Meeting. Knockreoch, Holywood, Shancastle (Maxwelton Mote), Earlston Castle and Dalry … and Drumwhill Author: Not declared 205 Field Meeting. Holywood Abbey (Excavations), Cowhill Tower, Isle Tower, Blackwood …
Volume: TDGNHAS Series III, Volume 86
… Associated with the Rev. William Little by Ronald M. Dodson, David Hutchins and E. Geoffrey Hancock 17 A Burnt … by John M. Gilbert 77 Harestanes of Craigs – A Family Come and Gone by Alex Maxwell Findlater 119 Old Maps and Roads in …
Meeting: A Humanitarian Life
… in at short notice to speak on A Humanitarian Life . In introducing him, Liam referred to the remarkably varied life … to city life in Glasgow. In addition to his father's parish commitments he grew up witnessing his mother, the practical … to be such a success that Miller was given a parrot. (One of his books is entitled The parrot's tale .) It was in …
Biography: Eric Kerr Adam
… Eric K. Adam in his 70th year has deprived the Society of one of its most efficient and energetic honorary treasurers. Even in the brief period since accepting office in October, 1966, Mr Adam had … M.A. and B.Sc. (Engineering) at Glasgow University, Mr Adam completed training as a Civil Engineer and was duly admitted …
… talk, Stephen Rutt gave an account of his journey to becoming a nature writer. He left his job in London in March … Journey Among Birds . This enabled his return to Orkney and visits to Shetland, Skomer and the Farne Islands to carry … the outlook for geese is good, with populations rising. One of the attractions of geese is their long-recorded …
… predecessor, Trajan, ordered a census of the Annavionenses — the people who lived in the Annan valley. This … would have had to pay their Roman taxes in the form of produce needed by the local garrisons, namely, wheat, barley … catapult balls. The two camps found at Burnswark have a combined area of 8.1 ha similar in size to the camp found at …
Meeting: Excavating the Galloway Viking Hoard
… the potential significance of the discovery, they took the commendable action of alerting the Treasure Trove unit at … hoard was found below. There were in fact two hoards in one pit, possibly the upper hoard serving as a decoy for the … A second cluster of tightly bound arm rings contained a wooden object, possibly a box, a gold ingot and a …
Volume: TDGNHAS Series III, Volume 76
… by Richard A. Gregory 45 The Roman Sculpture from Birrens Revisited by Fraser Hunter and Ian G. Scott 79 Settlement, … from South-West Scotland, Part 3 by Andrew Breeze 107 Holywood, an early Medieval Monastery; Problems and Possibilities … by James R. Mackenzie with contributions by C.R. Wickham-Jones and Adrian Cox 119 The Burgh Ditch at Annan: an …
… John Burnett, a Cambridge graduate, who spent 26 years from 1986 working for the National Museum of … Fenton, a noted linguist, in the 1950s had the skills to compare how people lived and went about their daily lives in … Day. There is evidence of socialising involving tea, scones and dancing being organised in village halls. Such …