Ronan Toolis
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Ronan Toolis and C. Cavanagh with N. Crowley, C. Ellis and A. Duffy The Burgh Ditch at Annan: an excavation at Butts Street, Annan Parish History, Mediaeval, Post-mediaeval archaeology, Cartography, Roman and Romano British, Numismatics TDGNHAS Series III, 76 (2002), 141(1.97 MB)
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In 1998 AOC Archaeology Group conducted an archaeological evaluation on behalf of Safeway Stores plc in advance of the supermarket redevelopment of the livestock market on Butts Street in Annan. Of 18 trenches opened, 12 trenches revealed features cut int |
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A Survey of Promontory Forts of the North Solway Coast Prehistory (General), Iron Age, Roman and Romano British, Early Mediaeval, Mediaeval TDGNHAS Series III, 77 (2003), 37(1.68 MB)
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This paper presents the results of a survey of promentory forts on the Solway Coast of Dumfries and Galloway. This work was carried out by the author primarily to determine the extent and nature of erosion affecting these sites. The surveying programme al |
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Naked and Unarmoured: A Reassessment of the Role of the Galwegians at the Battle of the Standard TDGNHAS Series III, 78 (2004), 79(4.91 MB)
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A re-assessment of the role of the Galwegians at the Battle of the Standard. Based upon an analysis of the various contemporary and later texts relating to the event - with comparative data from other sources. |
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Fifteenth-Century Town Defences at Annan? A Rebuttal Archaeology (General), Mediaeval, Post-mediaeval archaeology, Recent TDGNHAS Series III, 79 (2005), 183(4.05 MB)
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The results of an archaeological evaluation of Annan burgh ditch presented in Volume 76 of the Transactions tentatively suggested that the late 16th century appeared the most likely date for the origin of the burgh ditch revealed at Butts Street, Annan. T |
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Carghidown: The Excavation of a Galloway Promontory Fort [Lecture to the Society, 17th March 2006] Proceedings, Archaeology (General), Prehistory (General), Iron Age TDGNHAS Series III, 80 (2006), 180(3.8 MB)
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(Lecture to the Society, 17th March 2006. Over two seasons in 2003 and 2004 AOC Archaeology Group, aided by a number of volunteers, |
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Ronan Toolis and Christopher Bowles Excavations at Trusty’s Hill, 2012 TDGNHAS Series III, 87 (2013), 27(WARNING large file size: 5.67 MB)
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The Pictish inscribed stone at Trusty’s Hill is unique in Dumfries and Galloway and has long puzzled scholars as to why this was carved here and if it is indeed genuine. As part of the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society, the Galloway Picts Project was undertaken in 2012 in order to recover the evidence required to understand the archaeological context of the inscribed stone and the significance of Trusty’s Hill within Early Medieval Scotland. The following paper is intended simply as an interim summary report, in advance of a monograph reporting the full analyses and results (Toolis and Bowles forthcoming). |
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Ronan Toolis and Christopher Bowles The Galloway Picts Project TDGNHAS Series III, 87 (2013), 219(WARNING large file size: 5.67 MB) |