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Displaying 201 - 210 of 236 items… Scotland has an intriguing and complex earth history. Indeed, it has greater diversity in … Ussher. Only the persuasive observations of James Hutton, commonly termed ‘the Father of Modern Geology’, dispelled … to rise relative to the sea and others have sunk. For the future, we can expect more flash flooding and slope …
Volume: TDGNHAS Series II, Volume 5
… The 5 Donations [1886, 5th November] Author: Council, The 6 Committee's Report on the Conversazione [27th, 28th and 29th … Not declared 62 Field Meeting. Sanquhar Castle and Blackaddie Author: Not declared 64 Field Meeting. Loch Fergus, High …
… personal names. Peter then described some of the structures common to the sites, including long houses shared by people … lazybed cultivation remains, and veteran trees, the most common by far being Ash. Many of these trees are clearly the … the oldest farmsteads appear to date only to the late medieval period. At that time, some were attached to a minor …
Volume: TDGNHAS Series II, Volume 24
… Birrens, Agricola's Well on Birrenswark Hill, And a German Company's Copper Mine at Torbeckhill - All in the Parish of … Author: M'Millan, W. 241 Place Names in Kirkpatrick-Dorand, Commonly called Kirkpatrick-Durham Author: Stark, W.A. 249 … of the Solway District Author: M'Gowan, B. 271 The Early Coinage of Scotland Author: Author Davidson, J. 285 …
Biography: Morag Williams
… and remained there for the next 26 years! By 1989 she had become Dumfries and Galloway Health Board Archivist when, with … Charles. In 1990 the Museum was awarded second place in the competition for the best new visitor attraction in Scotland. … ‘A Celebration of the Crichton; Past, Present and Future’ arranged in 2018 by our Society in collaboration …
… average count per beach of twenty to thirty species which, compared to the Ayrshire coast with only thirty species … Tower shell, popular with children, the Pelican foot shell, Common and Red Whelks. Mud snails abound in great numbers … extraordinary depth of knowledge and enthusiasm and the audience showed their appreciation of this excellent and …
… the Kings Arms Hotel with guest speaker Lord Salisbury accompanied by his daughter. This was a ticketed event and was … may have influenced this change of perspective. The audience showed their appreciation for this excellent lecture …
… Maldonado highlighted the important collections of early medieval sculpture and early Christian artefacts from the …
… cameras capture shy creatures like the otter. A tripod must come up to eye level to avoid backache. The practised … parts of a scene can be out of focus the technology is coming on stream to rectify such situations. His advice: be … the types of equipment being shown were superb wildlife studies, all of which had been taken in Dumfries and Galloway — …
… and Galloway Natural History and Antiquities Society welcomed Professor Sir Tom Devine OBE. Tom addressed a very … the so-called 'Highland Clearances'. Industrialisation, accompanied by rapid urbanisation, population increase and the … as the Professor was warmly thanked by an appreciative audience. J.M.B. … Professor Sir Tom Devine (University of …