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Displaying 31 - 40 of 2530 itemsMeeting: Two talks by members
… Queensland by Dr Dale Dr Dale, a retired Medical Microbiologist at Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary, found … fourth son of the sixth Baronet of Applegarth, Sir Alexander Jardine. In 1835, John Jardine took a commission with the 1st Regiment of Dragoons, marrying two …
… the first talk of 2014, given to Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society. The speaker … Moss , sometimes referred to as 'The Great Moss'. Peter described the huge extent of the original Lochar Moss and … the rights to extract peat. Attention was then drawn to the commercial development of the moss, commencing with work …
Meeting: Munich after Eighty Years
… Night, David Dutton, one of the Society's Vice Presidents, gave a lively and thought-provoking talk on the … as British Prime Minister and by Adolf Hitler, Chancellor of Germany, which the former flourished on his return … again to the open delight of the members of the House of Commons, where he received the message, and the approval of …
… Alexander Gibbons: Clay Dabbins Alexander Gibbons of ‘Stick in the … the Solway Estuary, i.e. North Cumbria and Dumfries and Galloway. Through a series of slides, he illustrated how … dry. He gave the following names for Earth Building techniques used for solid walls: Cob (South West) Mud (East …
… In Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society's final … there was standing room only at Gatehouse of Fleet Community Centre on Saturday, 13 April, when 135 people … archaeological excavation of Trusty's Hillfort, just outside Gatehouse of Fleet, was undertaken by the Society last …
Meeting: Scotland's Earliest People
… the AGM and inaugural meeting of the Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society. Mr Liam Murray, President, introduced the speaker for the evening, Tam Ward, a … it was an area of known prehistoric activity. Fieldwalking commenced in ploughed fields on Howburn Farm and the finds …
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 largest … the prominent observation tower. By this time, the coming of the railway had divided the estate, with the new …
Meeting: Excavating the Galloway Viking Hoard
… January, over 100 members and guests of the Dumfries and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society gathered to … the Galloway Viking Hoard . In September 2014, metal detectorists searching a field in Galloway found a small … the potential significance of the discovery, they took the commendable action of alerting the Treasure Trove unit at …
… Paul Goodwin from Dalry is well-known for his dedicated work for the War Memorials Trust of Dumfries and Galloway, a field in which he has been conducting research and … bridge at Annan serves as a World War Two Memorial. The communion Table in Castle Douglas Church records the names …
Meeting: The Chelsea Physic Garden
… Allen Paterson, Curator of Chelsea Physic Garden from 1973 to1981 and later Director of the Royal … How fortunate we are that this gentleman of manifold accomplishments chose to retire to Dumfriesshire! He was … speak on The Chelsea Physic Garden by Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society. The …