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Displaying 161 - 170 of 613 itemsVolume: TDGNHAS Series III, Volume 1
… Celebration of the Fiftieth Anniversary Author: Gladstone, H.S. 15 The Possibilities of Societies such as Ours … J.Bell 99 A Covenanter's Narrative - James Grierson of Dalgoner and his Imprisonment at Ayr, 1666-7 Author: … in the Middle of the Eighteenth Century Author: Johnstone, J.T. 191 Weather and other Notes taken at Jardington …
… Adrian Cox presented his lecture on his community-based archaeological survey and dig at Lochmaben … of Solway Moss near Longtown, Cumbria. The castle was abandoned in the 1700s and was used as a quarry locally for building stone. The ruins later became a popular visitors site and were subsequently painted by Turner. The …
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… the surrounding areas. The routine business of the Society comprises a series of (usually) eleven Winter evening lecture meetings — one of which is usually a Members' night. All meetings, … be made with Museum staff (telephone 01387 253374) before visiting. The Society's website is overseen by its …
… the son of a Galloway peasant who became King of Lothian. Composed during the early years of the thirteenth century, … court. An Arthurian romance, it was the equivalent of the modern novel. But the medieval audience was sophisticated, … is found bound with other well-known works, yet only two complete copies survive today. Perhaps the biggest mystery …
… and the Castle and Mill Lochs at Lochmaben. It has since become extinct at the last three sites, although not before … fossils and proposed (and named) a new geological period, the Ordovician. He was also the first to recognise that … from North Africa). Other bird species include wheatear, stonechat, red grouse and ravens, as well as transients such …
… second step was to create an 'Agricultural Potential Methodology'. Using pre-industrial-revolution estate plans Christoph assigned one of three values — arable, pasture, meadow — to each area … so that upper Annandale with its fertile lands could complement the vast pastoral tracks of Evandale. The third …
Volume: TDGNHAS Series II, Volume 22
… 1909 (3rd December) [mainly Ornithological] Author: Gladstone, H.S. 31 Rev. James Thomson, of Quarrelwood Reformed … the British Starling Author: Service, R. 100 Some Wild or Common Fragrant Plants Author: Arnott, S. 103 Obituary: … 122 Scenes from the Northern Sagas Author: Bremner, R.L. 126 The Geology of the Cluden Basin and its Relation to the …
TDGNHAS Card: 3089-10
… 6. Kirkpatrick (as the village of Kirkpatrick Fleming is commonly known) lies twelve miles south-east of Lockerbie … was expanded by the presence of evacuees, Honduran woodcutters, Canadian air force personnel and prisoners of war. A strong community spirit persisted into the …
… FSA. She described him as a quiet, unassuming man but one who was a great scholar and well regarded by prominent … who helped the American Professor Francis James Child produce his best known work The English and Scottish Popular … He later moved to Annan working as an accountant in the Commercial Bank of Scotland until he retired. He took great …
… of years at Caerlaverock manse where he discovered a stone in the garden wall, commemorating Hutton's construction of the manse of 1708, … legends, including the ghost of Caerlaverock Manse, Burns' visit to the manse, and Sir Walter Scott's Mount Sharon in …