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Displaying 311 - 320 of 1961 itemsTDGNHAS Card: 3091-4
… it has great significance for the identity and history of the nation. Crossing the Debateable Land (hereafter … the Land) lying in the parishes of Canonbie and Half Morton in Dumfriesshire and Kirk Andrews in Cumbria, it forms … of the earlier surveys. A full account of the long and complex history of the Debateable Land is beyond the scope …
TDGNHAS Card: 3087-2
… Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society celebrated its 150th year in 2012. To mark the anniversary the Society held a one-day …
TDGNHAS Card: 3086-7
… The family of Hairstanes rose to prominence as burgesses of Dumfries in the later 1500s, only to die out in the male line in the mid-1700s when four … Over and Nether Kelwood and Bourlands. The family took their designation from the lands of Over Kelwood, but …
TDGNHAS Card: 3090-3
… of the number of people involved; exaggeration and distortion are the norm. There are very few sources available … Nevertheless (with many riders and provisos) it is possible to use the few statistics we have available to calculate a … the region and its inhabitants is put into sharper focus by comparison with calculated population totals. … History … …
TDGNHAS Card: 3089-1
… A total of 13,135 rook nests in 350 rookeries were counted in … 2015. Although this represents a decrease of 20 rookeries compared to the number recorded in 2010, nest numbers increased by …
TDGNHAS Card: 3085-4
… significance covering a timescale from early Neolithic to post-medieval periods were identified during initial … remains of a Neolithic timber hall, which was situated on top of the flat plateau towards the north-west end of the … end of the site, but the poor survival of this feature combined with a lack of finds and palaeobotanical evidence …
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