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Displaying 41 - 50 of 2412 items… gave a talk entitled From Grouse, Nightjars and Geese to Kites and Tree Sparrows — how are they faring and what is … Listening for the call is the first objective. As light comes up the red brows are visible. It is a beautiful bird. Fierce battles take place with much hissing and dancing. In contrast the grey …
… one of the members of Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society takes the floor, was academic … to have any member elected to Parliament, that is not the best way to assess their strength. Martin Pugh’s publication … this, the first major meeting of the BUF in Scotland, take place in Dumfries! Why not Edinburgh or Glasgow! After all …
… a large audience of Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society on the subject of Woods and … to build a new town house with an imposing steeple. A committee was appointed to oversee the construction work. A … study at this point. The actual building of Midsteeple took place 1705–1707. A lively question-and-answer session …
Meeting: Mary Timney, The Road to the Gallows, the story of Scotland's last public execution of a woman
… The Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society recently met to hear a talk by … of her voice to create eerie atmosphere, told one of the best ghost stories they had ever heard. Yes, the speaker was … a tiny settlement at Polharrow Bridge where the events took place on Monday, 13 January 1862. Agnes Maclellan, known as …
Meeting: Scotland's Rock Art Project
… Scottish Rock Art Project (ScRAP) is a five-year project to enhance our understanding and knowledge of Scotland’s … with its carved circles and cup-and-ring marks can be placed, but this form is more difficult to understand. It … and then left, but that it was connected to the life of the community. Rock art at Drumtroddan, Port William The study …
Meeting: In Their Footsteps
… of the new season of Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society (DGNHAS) was given by the … is based on the remarkable legacy to psychiatry that she bestowed in the form of Crichton Royal Hospital by means of … connections. He inherited the family estate at Mouswald Place, encompassing the farms of Mouswald Banks and …
Meeting: Robert Bruce: In Life and Death
… And they shall see his face: In search of Robert Bruce. Dr Martin McGregor from the History Department of the University of Glasgow presented a … Geoffrey Barrow's seminal work, Robert Bruce and the Community of the Realm of Scotland and he has since become a …
… meeting in Castle Douglas Parish Church Hall on Saturday, 26 March 2016, around 50 members and guests of the Society gathered to hear a lecture by Ivor Waddell, retired Principal Teacher … gathered and recorded information on Galloway’s gypsy community at that time, including tales of Billy Marshall. …
Wood Pigot place list: Wood Places, Kirkcudbright, 1843
… The modern location of the place is given in parentheses. Academy (St Mary's Wynd) Academy Play Ground (St Mary's Wynd) Note: To west of Academy building Angel Hill Note: Separate plan … Gardens Note: Next to Curling Club Dam and road to Tongland Com[mercia]l Inn (St Mary's Street) Note: West side of St …
… from Cumbria with professional service in Norway, spoke to Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and … name of Alexander Monro occupied the chair of Anatomy for 126 years. It was Alexander Monro, primus, in whose class … of the Midsteeple in 1707; and the Act of Union taking place in 1707, creating a period of great unrest. The …