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Displaying 21 - 30 of 1885 itemsMeeting: Excavations at Tongland Abbey
… On a very wet February night, members and their guests attended … Tongland came about in 2015 when the Tongland and Ringford Community Council decided to celebrate the 800th anniversary … known as the Doachs of Tongland. This was the source of a commercial salmon trade into the 20th century and might have …
Biography: George W. Shirley
… General Meeting on 12 April 1940. See TDGNHAS , Series III, Vol. XXII, pp.135–142 With the passing of Mr G.W. Shirley … lost one who may properly be described as its re-founder. Coming to the town in 1903 as the first Librarian of the … above all, youthful drive, were required, and were forthcoming. Mr Shirley was to provide all these essentials. …
… Centre, Dumfries and on-line. Bruce Keith, a retired surveyor, environmentalist and author gave a talk about bridge building … four obelisks. By 1740 Major William Caulfeild had become responsible for continuing the building of military …
Meeting: Three talks by members
… Anne Fairn and Eileen Toolis — Survey of Gardens and Designed Landscapes around Dumfries: … knowledge of designed landscapes. The elements of the study comprise investigation of the location, ownership, size, … journey into England. Burns wrote the poem Nithsdale's Welcome Hame to the return of the Jacobite-supporting Maxwells …
Meeting: The Heart of Galloway: recent archaeological work on NTS properties at Threave and Rockcliffe
… Derek began with a general view of archaeology on the NTS estate. The NTS is the third … by archaeological contractors assigned to specific sites. Volunteers are widely used, and 'Thistle Camps' of 12 to 14 … the prominent observation tower. By this time, the coming of the railway had divided the estate, with the new …
Biography: Dr R.C. Reid
… Appreciations of R.C. REID From TDGNHAS Series III, Vol. XL, pp.9–12 The Society and archaeological and … so extensive a planned programme designed to illustrate comprehensively one whole field of regional study. I must be … Society, of which he was President in 1953, is the most comprehensive and systematic of his publications, but there …
… Jim Johnson, architect and former director of the Old Town Committee for conservation and renewal, when he spoke to the Dumfriesshire and … "By leaves we live … and we live not by the jingling of coins but by the fullness of our harvests." Patrick Geddes. …
Meeting: Excavating the Galloway Viking Hoard
… At a packed meeting on Friday, 15 January, over 100 members and guests of the Dumfries and Galloway … Archaeologist, Dumfries and Galloway Council, entitled Excavating the Galloway Viking Hoard . In September 2014, metal … the potential significance of the discovery, they took the commendable action of alerting the Treasure Trove unit at …
Biography: Richard Rimmer
… In modern parlance Richard Rimmer appears to have been 'head-hunted' for the position of Hon. President: He … to your presidential chair. When your wish that I should become the President of this Society was first intimated to … so cordial and so pressing that I felt myself bound in common courtesy to accept it, and this I did the more …
… Scotland mainly as a specialist on how the ordinary Scot lived his life, was the speaker at the beginning of February. … Fenton, a noted linguist, in the 1950s had the skills to compare how people lived and went about their daily lives in … and John's talk is the basis of his chapter for the forthcoming publication. The holiday on New Year's Day, the …