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Displaying 31 - 40 of 236 itemsTDGNHAS Card: 3085-4
… covering a timescale from early Neolithic to post-medieval periods were identified during initial fieldwork at … as the Bronze Age cemetery and has been dated to the late medieval or early post-medieval period. A segmented ditched … end of the site, but the poor survival of this feature combined with a lack of finds and palaeobotanical evidence …
Volume: TDGNHAS Series III, Volume 78
… Griffin, D. Skilling, R.T. Smith and J.G. Young 1 Including comparisons with the surveys of 1908, 1921, 1963, 1975 and … Griffin, D. Skilling, R.T. Smith and J.G. Young 13 Bog Bodies from Dumfries and Galloway by John Pickin 31 The … Dykes, Gretna by Iain Banks 37 Early Historic and Medieval Activity at Chapelton, Haugh of Urr, Dumfries and …
… it, is Operation Nightingale, a programme that draws in soldiers wounded, physically or mentally, in recent conflicts … and making them once again members of a team. The audience were reminded of the long tradition of military … good quality materials in a striking and architecturally accomplished Neo-Georgian style, to house 640 men. They did …
Biography: George Neilson (1858-1923)
… by descent, only son of Captain Edward Neilson, who died in 1861, and his wife, Jannet Paterson, who died in 1903, Dr Neilson was born at Horseclose, Ruthwell, … His studies appear from his publications, such as Trial by Combat , Annals of the Solway , and Huchown of the Awle …
TDGNHAS Card: 3087-6
… was Gaelicised can be seen not only from place-name studies but also from the very large number and great variety … the origins of the kindreds of greater Galloway is commented on. The future availability of such data could potentially assist in …
… part of the Roman Empire and was defended by Roman soldiers garrisoned at Birrens. It is unlikely that the local … the nearby Burnswark hill fort was besieged by Roman soldiers, but excavations would indicate that this is not the … catapult balls. The two camps found at Burnswark have a combined area of 8.1 ha similar in size to the camp found at …
Biography: James Gilchrist
… son of a working mason, at Collin near Dumfries. His father died of consumption at the early age of 30 in 1816. James … he organized and conducted classes in natural history. He died at Dumfries on 7 December 1885; obituaries are to be … Gilchrist, 1860), are known, and the role he played in the compilation of papers by other authors is not fully …
Front page: DGNHAS: Meetings, publications and more
… here . The joint winners of the Society’s Young Researcher Competition for 2025 are Chloe Murley (Lockerbie Academy) … entries here . Published in November 2025 is King Arthur: Medieval British Literature and Modern Critical Tradition by … a recording can be viewed on the Members Only area of this website a few days later. The Society has a reciprocal …
Volume: TDGNHAS Series III, Volume 84
… A.E. MacRobert 121 Observations on an Eighteenth Century Gradient Diagram by James D. McLay 129 Transactions and … F. Devereux 161 Reviews Whithorn's Renown in the Early Medieval Period: Whithorn, 'Futerna' and 'Magnum Monasterium' , by Fiona Edmonds and St. …
Biography: James Williams
… Antiquarian Born 27 February 1944 at Stourport-on-Severn Died 27 November 2009 in Dumfries, aged 65 James Williams … of the region and made it available to both the local community and academic interests nationally and … times. On his own initiative he set up the Society's website in 2000, which he maintained as long as he was able. …