A. Breeze
‘From Caledonia to Pictland: Scotland to 795’, by James E Fraser and ‘From Pictland to Alba, 789-1070’, by Alex Woolf. Volumes 1 and 2 of The New Edinburgh History of Scotland
Review
TDGNHAS Series III, 83 (2009), 243(WARNING large file size: 5.11 MB)
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A. Gair
We Will Remember Them: Kirkcudbright's Sons (1939-1945) by Ian Devlin
Review, Recent, Recent (Social), History, Parish History
TDGNHAS Series III, 82 (2008), 150(2.63 MB)
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Jane Murray
Place and Memory: Excavations at the Pict's Knowe, Holywood and Holm Farm, Dumfries and Galloway, 1994-8, ed. By Julian Thomas, 2007
Review, Prehistory (General), Neolithic, Bronze Age
TDGNHAS Series III, 82 (2008), 145(2.63 MB)
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Jane Murray
From Cairn to Cemetery: An archaeological investigation of the chambered cairns and early Bronze Age mortuary deposits at Cairnderry and Bargrennan White Cairn, south-west Scotland by Vicki Cummings and Chris Fowler
Review, Prehistory (General), Neolithic, Bronze Age
TDGNHAS Series III, 82 (2008), 145(2.63 MB)
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J. Williams
From Durisdeer and Castleton to Strachur. Robert Anderson: A Farm Diary 1847-1852 by Innes Macleod and Margaret Maxwell (A Review)
Review, Recent (Social), Genealogy, Agriculture
TDGNHAS Series III, 81 (2007), 126(2.95 MB)
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M.M. Stewart
The 1745 Rebellion and the Southern Scottish Lowlands by A E MacRobert (A Review)
Review, Recent, Recent (Social), History
TDGNHAS Series III, 81 (2007), 125(2.95 MB)
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M.M. Stewart
The Brus Family in England and Scotland 1100-1295 by Ruth M Blakely. A Review
Review, Mediaeval, History
TDGNHAS Series III, 80 (2006), 174(3.8 MB)
Abstract
Ruth Blakely’s magisterial study of the rise of the Brus family, from its Norman roots, through its acquisition of land in both Scotland and England throughout the 12th and 13th centuries, defines the power base from which its most famous descendant, Robe
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A. Gair
We Will Remember Them - Kirkcudbright's Sons 1914-18 by Ian Devlin. A Review
Review, Recent, Recent (Social), Recent (Literature & Art), History, Parish History
TDGNHAS Series III, 80 (2006), 173(3.8 MB)
Abstract
Review of Ian Devlin's booklet 'We Will Remember Them - Kirkcudbright's Sons 1914-18' produced by the Stewartry Museum.
One of the most spectacular War memorials in Galloway is the memorial in Kirkcudbright. It stands in front of MacLellan’s Castle and
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I. Macleod
Dorothy L Sayers in Galloway by Christopher Dean. A Review
Review, Recent, Recent (Social), Recent (Literature & Art), Genealogy
TDGNHAS Series III, 80 (2006), 171(3.8 MB)
Abstract
An extensive review of the Stewartry Museum publication 'Dorothy L Sayers in Galloway' by Christopher Dean. The reviewer provides additional notes on Sayers, her local connections and explanations of local practices and background.
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J.H.D. Gair
Minute by Minute, 300 years of Lochmaben History (John B. Wilson) A Review
Review, Recent, Recent (Social), Recent (Literature & Art), Genealogy, History, Parish History
TDGNHAS Series III, 78 (2004), 150(4.91 MB)
Abstract
Review of a publication by Dr J B Wilson. This latest volume is based upon a re-examination of the Minutes of Lochmaben Town Council which run from 1612 to 1974. It refers to a recent publication by the Scottish Record Society of a transcription of the ea
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J. Williams
The People of Kirkcudbright in 1786 and 1788 (Innes Macleod) A Review
Review, Genealogy, Recent, Recent (Social), Recent (Literature & Art), History, Parish History
TDGNHAS Series III, 78 (2004), 149(4.91 MB)
Abstract
Review of a volume detailing two late eighteenth century visitation rolls of the town of Kirkcudbright. Background to the town is provided against collated lists of the inhabitants and their genealogy.
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J.H.D. Gair
Roman Artillery (Alan Wilkins) A Review
Review, Roman and Romano British
TDGNHAS Series III, 78 (2004), 149(4.91 MB)
Abstract
Review of a booklet on the multiple aspects of Roman artillery showing it Greek origins. In local terms a number of references are made to a number of aspects of the archaeology of Burnswark and Shan Castle in Glencairn parish.
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J. Williams
Kirkcudbright: An Alphabetic Guide to its History (David R. Collin) A Review
Review, History, Parish History, Antiquarian, Recent, Recent (Social), Recent (Literature & Art), Folklore, Genealogy
TDGNHAS Series III, 78 (2004), 148(4.91 MB)
Abstract
This volume is literally an alphabetic index of almost every aspect of the life, times and especially the people of Kirkcudbright. Although mainly covering the town of Kirkcudbright it also ranges over the countryside between Ross Island and Tongland.
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J. Williams
From Auchencairn to the Glenkens and Portpatrick: The Journal of David Gibson, 1814-43 (Innes Macleod) A Review
Recent, Recent (Social), Recent (Literature & Art), History, Parish History, Review
TDGNHAS Series III, 78 (2004), 148(4.91 MB)
Abstract
Extracts and commentary from the Journal of David Gibson a baptist lay missionary who worked all over the south-west of Scotland - centred at Auchencairn. The author has used the volume to provide details of the background to the life and times of Gibson.
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A.E. Truckell
Roman Carlisle & the Lands of the Solway by Mike McCarthy
Roman and Romano British, Iron Age, Early Mediaeval, Review
TDGNHAS Series III, 77 (2003), 234(1.68 MB)
Abstract
McCarthy's book on 'Roman Carlisle and the Lands of the Solway' does more than its title and provides a full review of the archaeology of both the English and Scottish sides of the eastern end of the Solway from the early quaternary to the early mediaeva
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M.A. Wilkins
Review - John Faed RSA The Gatehouse Years by David I.A. Steel
Review, Genealogy, Recent, Recent (Social), Recent (Literature & Art)
TDGNHAS Series III, 76 (2002), 172(1.97 MB)
Abstract
Review of aspects of life of the Faeds in Gatehouse of Fleet - it has the specific aim of adding to what is known about the family by drawing largely on the legal papers of R S Glover, the solicitor acting for John Faed (1819-1902) and his sister Susan Be
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J. Williams
Review - The Excavation of a Scottish Lowland Crannog: Excavations at Buiston, Ayrshire 1989-90 by Anne Crone and others
Review, Archaeology (General), Iron Age, Early Mediaeval, Mediaeval, Antiquarian
TDGNHAS Series III, 76 (2002), 168(1.97 MB)
Abstract
Review of the publication by Anne Cone and others of 'The Excavation of a Scottish Lowland Crannog: Excavations at Buiston, Ayrshire 1989-90'. Covers all aspects of the archaeology - including a review of Robert Munro's 19th century excavations. Includes
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M.M. Stewart
Review - The Royal Burgh of Lochmaben: its history, its castles and churches by John B. Wilson
History, Parish History, Mediaeval, Recent, Recent (Social), Antiquarian, Review
TDGNHAS Series III, 76 (2002), 167(1.97 MB)
Abstract
Review of the second edition of John B Wilson's 'The Royal Burgh of Lochmaben' which includes additional material.
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W.F. Cormack
Galloway - A Land Apart by Andrew McCulloch, Birlinn, Edinburgh, 2000. A Review
Review, Roman and Romano British, Prehistory (General), Early Mediaeval, Mediaeval, Recent, Recent (Social), History
TDGNHAS Series III, 75 (2001), 188(1.92 MB)
Abstract
A review of Andrew McCulloch's 'Galloway - A Land Apart'. This new work assesses the history of Galloway as it affected all social strata, through the fresh and unrestrained eyes of a historian at the end of the 20th century. McCulloch successfully incorp
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J. Williams
The Bell Family in Dumfriesshire by James Steuart, Vol 2 of The Records of the Western Marches series, Scotpress, Morgantown, WV26505, USA. A Review
Genealogy, Mediaeval, Recent, Recent (Social), Review
TDGNHAS Series III, 75 (2001), 187(1.92 MB)
Abstract
Review of a reprint of James Steuart's 'The Bell Family in Dumfriesshire' which was orginally published in 1932 as Vol. 2 of the 'Records of the Western Marches' series of this Society. Provides full accounts of all the major branches of the Bell Family i
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R.H. Campbell
Autism in History: the Case of Hugh Blair of Borgue, Rab Houstan and Una Frith, Blackwell, Oxford, 2000. A Review
Recent, Recent (Social), Genealogy, Anthropology, Review
TDGNHAS Series III, 75 (2001), 187(1.92 MB)
Abstract
Review of 'Autism in History: the case of Hugh Blair of Borgue' - quotes voluminous evidence of a cross-section of People from Borgue who were cited to help a jury decide whether Blair was mentally incapable of giving informed assent to his marriage to th
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G.W.S. Barrow
Drengs and Thegns Again. A Review
Review, Early Mediaeval, Mediaeval, Etymology, Anthropology
TDGNHAS Series III, 75 (2001), 185(1.92 MB)
Abstract
A review of Drengs and Thegns with particular reference to articles by M.Syrett (Drengs and Thegns Again, Saga Book of the Viking Society, 2000), W.F.Cormack (Drengs and Drings, these Transactions, III/74, 61-67) and J.G.Scott (The Partition of a Kingdom:
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W.F. Cormack
The Evacuee - Sixty Years On (1939-1999) (Robert Kerr Moodie, Dumfries & Galloway Standard) A Review
Review, History, Recent (Social), Recent
TDGNHAS Series III, 74 (2000), 123(1.19 MB)
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W.F. Cormack
Fisherman's Haul (Henry Truckell) A Review
Review
TDGNHAS Series III, 74 (2000), 123(1.19 MB)
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M. White
A Galloway Venture (Carol Hill, Dumfries and Galloway Museum Service) A Review
Review, History
TDGNHAS Series III, 74 (2000), 123(1.19 MB)
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W.F. Cormack
Seven Centuries in the Royal Four Towns of Lochmaben (A. Fairn, Dumfries) A Review
Review, Mediaeval, Recent (Social), Recent, History, Parish History
TDGNHAS Series III, 73 (1998), 236(2.06 MB)
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W.F. Cormack
Galloway Dialect, a study (1985) and A Dialect Study of Comparative areas in Galloway with particular reference to the Irish Connection (1977) (W.A.D. Riach) A Review
Review, Etymology, Recent, Recent (Social), History
TDGNHAS Series III, 73 (1998), 235(2.06 MB)
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W.F. Cormack
By Royal Command - William Ewart Lockhart RSA, RSW (M.A. Wilkins, Friends of Annandale and Eskdale Museums) A Review
Review, Recent (Literature & Art), History
TDGNHAS Series III, 73 (1998), 235(2.06 MB)
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W.F. Cormack
A Mid-Nithsdale Glossary - Dumfriesshire dialect seventy years ago (W.A. Scott, ed. I.G. Anderson) A Review
Review, Etymology, Recent (Social), Recent (Literature & Art), History
TDGNHAS Series III, 73 (1998), 235(2.06 MB)
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J. MacQueen
Christian Celt. Messages and Images. (C. Thomas) A Review Article
Review, Early Mediaeval
TDGNHAS Series III, 73 (1998), 227(2.06 MB)
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J. Williams
Discovering Galloway (I. MacLeod: John Donald, Edinburgh) A Review
Review, History
TDGNHAS Series III, 72 (1997), 120(1009.36 KB)
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W.F. Cormack
Excavations at Navan Fort 1961-71 (D.M. Waterman, ed. C.J. Lynn, Dept. of Environment for N.Ireland, Monograph 3, H.M.S.O.) A Review
Review, Neolithic, Bronze Age, Iron Age, Early Mediaeval
TDGNHAS Series III, 72 (1997), 119(1009.36 KB)
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A.E. Truckell
The Presence of the Past - Christian Heritage Sites in the Rhins of Galloway ( Fr. J. McLean) A Review
Review, Early Mediaeval, Mediaeval, Architecture, History
TDGNHAS Series III, 71 (1996), 168(2.35 MB)
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A.E. Truckell
Torhousemuir Historical Account (R. Oram, Scottish Natural Heritage) A Review
Review, Mediaeval, Recent, Recent (Social), History
TDGNHAS Series III, 71 (1996), 167(2.35 MB)
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J. Williams
Ayrshire Arch. & Nat. Hist. Society Monograph Series. A Review
Review
TDGNHAS Series III, 71 (1996), 166(2.35 MB)
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A.E. Truckell
Mochrum - A Parish History 1794-1994. (Mochrum Kirk Session and others. G.C. Books, Wigtown, 1994) A Review
Review, Recent (Social), Parish History, History
TDGNHAS Series III, 68 (1993), 137(1.62 MB)
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J. Williams
Notes on the Ruthwell Cross. Papers from a Colloquium sponsered by the Index of Christian Art, Princton University. (Ed. B.Cassidy) A Review
Early Mediaeval, Review, Parish History
TDGNHAS Series III, 68 (1993), 134(1.62 MB)
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R.J. Mearns
William MacGillivray (R. Ralph: H.M.S.O.) A Review
Ornithology, Review
TDGNHAS Series III, 67 (1992), 95(WARNING very large file size: 28.8 MB)
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M.M. Stewart
The Novels of Dumfries and Galloway (A. MacRobert) A Review
Review, Recent (Literature & Art), Recent, Recent (Social)
TDGNHAS Series III, 67 (1992), 94(WARNING very large file size: 28.8 MB)
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M.M. Stewart
Mary's Flight to the Solway (A. MacRobert)
Review, History
TDGNHAS Series III, 67 (1992), 94(WARNING very large file size: 28.8 MB)
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M.M. Stewart
A Country School 1798-1839 in Glencairn, Dumfriesshire. (K. Le Cren) A Review
Review, Recent, Recent (Social), Parish History, History
TDGNHAS Series III, 66 (1991), 97(WARNING very large file size: 16.57 MB)
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L.J.F. Keppie
The First Roman Invasion of Scotland: A Geographical Review (I.G. Smith) A Review
Review
TDGNHAS Series III, 62 (1987), 112(WARNING very large file size: 27.9 MB)
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W.F. Cormack
Kintyre Country Life (A. Martin: John Donald, Edinburgh) A.Review
Review
TDGNHAS Series III, 62 (1987), 112(WARNING very large file size: 27.9 MB)
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A.E. Truckell
The Shape of the Past I - Essays in Scottish Ethnology (A. Fenton: John Donald, Edinburgh) A Review
Review, History
TDGNHAS Series III, 60 (1985), 108(WARNING very large file size: 40.89 MB)
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