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Displaying 41 - 50 of 613 items… is renowned for its wildlife-rich wetland habitats, and one important site is Castle Loch, at Lochmaben. This … important area is now managed by the Castle Loch Lochmaben Community Trust. The speaker, Rhonda Graham, is responsible … controlling or removing invasive species such as rhododendron, fringe water lily and Himalayan balsam, and …
Meeting: Utah and Arizona — a Love Affair
… dramatic outlines are visible. Although there are 5 million visitors a year it is still possible to derive a wilderness … dangerous, the pink rattlesnake. There are four climate zones from the top at 10 thousand feet, where snow can be … to that of today. November saw large animals and plants coming to life and sandstone forming. On December 11th the …
Volume: TDGNHAS Series III, Volume 13
… The Roman wall [Summary only] Author: Hodgson, Hesketh Mrs. 10 The Vernacular of Mid-Nithsdale … R. 58 Notes on the Flora of Mid-Nithsdale Author: Gladstone, J. and Scott, W.A. 79 Notes on the Family of M'Caskie … G.W. 247 Cassencary Author: Hepburn, W.A.F. 251 Exhibits [1926] Author: Council, The 253 Presentations [1925-26] Author: …
Meeting: Saving Scotland’s Red Squirrels
… Dr Stephanie Johnstone, Conservation Officer, South West Scotland, although … been here for some 7000 years whereas the greys were introduced from America in 1876. The greys have a very wide … sexually mature and polygamous. Their babies, ‘kittens’, become independent at 10 weeks. Stephanie discussed ‘why …
Meeting: Glencairn Parish in 1560
… Following the AGM Dr Francis Toolis, President, introduced Sandy Hall as speaker for the evening. Sandy's family … Queen of Scots, living in France, had the prospect of becoming Queen of all three nations when she was in her … Glencairn, for the upkeep of the church. The year 1560 was one of turmoil in the parish as well as in the nation. Many …
Meeting: Scotland's Earliest People
… and Antiquarian Society. Mr Liam Murray, President, introduced the speaker for the evening, Tam Ward, a founding … it was an area of known prehistoric activity. Fieldwalking commenced in ploughed fields on Howburn Farm and the finds … to the Iron Age so these features were not related to the stone finds. Some large flints had been found in the …
Meeting: Life on the rocks
… was and is Professor Monro's role model. James Hutton (1726–1797) is regarded as the father of modern Geology. He … and age of the earth. It remains much as it was when Hutton visited in 1788. Vertical rocks are caused by squeezing of the horizontal ones and at this site Devonian red sandstone 400 million …
Meeting: Three talks by members
… knowledge of designed landscapes. The elements of the study comprise investigation of the location, ownership, size, … as a backdrop. Eileen quoted the report of DGNHAS members' visit to Terregles Gardens on 7th June 1890. The Terregles … that men were paid ten pence per day and women were paid one penny. While Bruce held the castle the accounts show the …
Biography: Dr R.C. Reid
… shape early in the 17 years I can speak of at first hand. One was to enlist experts from the outside to try to solve … so extensive a planned programme designed to illustrate comprehensively one whole field of regional study. I must be … every-ready practical assistance was Dr Reid himself: His visits to excavations, latterly made under a severe physical …
… ecologist, but has subsequently searched them out and has visited around 60 of them. The majority are in Wigtownshire, … personal names. Peter then described some of the structures common to the sites, including long houses shared by people … by far being Ash. Many of these trees are clearly the same ones as those shown as mature specimens on the 1850 maps. …