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Displaying 41 - 50 of 2530 itemsMeeting: Excavations at Tongland Abbey
… On a very wet February night, members and their guests attended the Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society's annual … Tongland came about in 2015 when the Tongland and Ringford Community Council decided to celebrate the 800th anniversary …
… Elphinstone and was titled The History and Landscape of Galloway in the Fiction of S R Crockett . Margaret introduced her subject by describing how the novels of Samuel Rutherford Crockett … went on to describe how the reader could build up a comprehensive impression of Galloway through Crockett's many …
… New and Old Edinburgh: the enduring legacy of Patrick Geddes was the subject chosen by Jim Johnson, architect and former director of the Old Town Committee for conservation and renewal, when he spoke to the Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society in March. …
… Architectural Heraldry in Dumfries and Galloway was the subject of Hon. Professor James Floyd of … 12th century when knights, wearing a full face helmet, needed to make themselves readily identifiable in battle and at … which is older than the building and must therefore have come from some earlier building. This is termed an ‘orphan’ …
… In a well-illustrated presentation, Andrew Nicholson described the remarkably wide variety of mainly archaeological material found across the region in the last decade … six in Ireland. Casual finds from the same period include a complete stone wheel-headed cross, found by a farmer at …
… The Whim. pots, pans and people: the development of Scotland's industrial pottery was the intriguing … a hands-on archaeologist, then he became a successful antique dealer in Edinburgh and ten years ago he returned to the …
Meeting: Overland to the Caucasus
… to the Caucasus Jeremy Brock, member and former president, kindly stepped in at short notice to give the final … and Jeanette put their car into second-gear to enjoy the flora, fauna, architecture, archaeology and history of the … those elusive birds. However, Jeremy did manage to see the Common Rosefinch; Black Redstart; Red fronted Serin; …
Volume: TDGNHAS Series II, Volume 2
… vestimenti [Summary only] Author: Rutherford, J. 2 Onithological Notes [1878] Author: Hastings, W. 2 Exhibits [1878, … 1st November] Author: Council, The 3 Exhibits [1878, 6th December] Author: Council, The 3 Provosts of Lincluden … and Troqueer Holm Author: Not declared 27 Field Meeting. Comlongan Castle [Mention only] Author: Not declared 30 …
… Members of Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society enjoyed a talk … Professor of Medieval French at Sheffield University, described the background to Le Roman de Fergus , a story of … the son of a Galloway peasant who became King of Lothian. Composed during the early years of the thirteenth century, …
… Luke Maloney, architect, stood in for Roger Windsor at short notice … who already had a town house nearby. Newall took over the development of Georgian Dumfries from Burn. A vital early … a former cabinetmaker, worked for the Water Navigation Company. Dumfries Archive Centre acquired many of Newall's …