n.a., (1831). Archaeologia Scotica or Transactions of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 3. Edinburgh: Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.

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Archaeologia Scotica or Transactions of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 3

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Archaeologia Scotica or Transactions of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland

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1831

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Article Title	Author / Editor	Page Start/End	Abstract
Account of Two Ancient Monuments in the Church of St Mary, Rothesay.	John Mackinlay	1 - 3
Ecclesiastical Collections for Aberdeenshire.	James Logan	4 - 16
Some Account of a Subterraneous Structure in Swabia, supposed to have been connected with the Ancient Jurisdiction of the Secret Tribunal in that Counry.	James Skene	17 - 39
Description of an Ancient Silver Bracelet found at Brugh Head.	Thomas Dick Lauder	39 - 40
Summary of Various Communications made to the Society regarding the Discover of Early Sepulchral Remains: I. Notice of the Discovery of numerous Stone Coffins near Cramond.		40 - 42
II. Discovery of Ancient Graves near the river Teith. Communicated by Henry Home Drummond, of Blair-Drummond, Esq.	Henry Home Drummond	42
III. Account of a large Tumulus or Barrow, near the West Coast of the Peninsula of Cantyre.	Alexander Seton	43
IV. Notice, by A Seton, Esq., of Tumuli which were discovered at Bowerhouses, near Dunbar, in a Letter to the Secretary.	Alexander Seton	44
V. Narrative of Human Remains, a Comb, &c., which were dug out of the Burgh, or Circular Fort, of Burgar, in the parish of Evie, Orkney. Communicated by A Peterkin, Esq.	A Peterkin	44 - 45
VI. Account of a Grave discovered in the parish of Banchory-Devenick.	Alexander Thompson	45 - 47
VII. Account of a Stone Coffin found near Dryburgh Abbey, being an Extract of a Letter from Captain Erskine addressed to Alexander Smellie, Esq.,		47 - 48
IX. Extract from the Minutes of the Society, dated April 28, 1823, regarding Stone Coffins, found near Stockbridge.; Extract from the Minutes of the Society, dated Apr...		48	Note on the discovery of several stone coffins during the digging of foundations for a house about a mile west of Stockbridge, on the north side of Saxe Cobourg Place. Two urns and several unburnt human bones were found within one of the coffins. LD
VIII. Notice of an Ancient Grave discovered on the Site of the Royal Circus, Edinburgh.	James Skene	48
X. Notice of Stone Coffins found opposite to Bellevue (or St Mary's) Church, Edinburgh. Communicated by Patrick Neill, Esq.		48 - 49
XI. Notice of an Urn, in which were contained very curious Jet Ornaments discovered near Assint, in Ross-shire. Communicated by Sir George S Mackenzie, of Coul, Baronet.	George S Mackenzie	49
XI. Remarks on the above communication.	Hibbert-Ware	49 - 50
Notice respecting an Ancient Ship discovered in a Garden at Stranrawer, in Galloway.	Alexander Kennedy	51 - 52
Fragment of Verses by a Native of Hetland, (Shetland), written in the Fifteenth Century. From a M.S. in the University Library of Copenhagen; with Notes by Professor Magnusen.	Magnusen	53 - 55
Enquiry into the Origin of the Mercheta Mulierum.	John Anderson	56 - 73
On the Antiquities of Lochmaben.	John Gardiner	74 - 80
Precepts issued on the death of Henry Darnley, King of Scotland, for perfuming his body, and for providing a Mourning Dress to Mary, Queen of Scots, on the occasion, (February 1566)		80 - 82
Letter and Report respecting the Unpublished Commentary on Milton's Paradise Lost, by the late John Callander, of Craigforth, Esq., in the possession of the Society.	David Laing	83 - 91
Account of a Roman Station near Crickhowel, in Brecknockshire.	H J Payne	91 - 98
Description of a Remarkable Bronze Relic, found near the estuary of the river Findhorn, in the possession of Lady Cumming, of Altyre.	Thomas Dick Lauder	99 - 102
Memoir on the Tings of Orkney and Shetland.	Samuel Hibbert	103 - 210
On some of the Stone Circles and Cairns in the neighbourhood of Inverness.	George Anderson	211 - 222
Letter on the Superstitions of the Highlands, addressed to the Right Honourable James Drummond, of Perth.	James Robertson	223 - 229
Communication relative to a remarkable number of Horse-Shoes found on the Farm of West Nisbet, in the county of Berwick; supposed to be indicative of the site of the Battle of Nisbet Muir, A.D. 1355.	Robert Pitcairn	229 - 230
Notice respecting Macbeth's Castle at Inverness.	Grahame	231 - 233
On the Site of Macbeth's Castle at Inverness.	John Anderson	234 - 244
Original Letter containing some account of the Parliament which met at Edinburgh the 26th June 1678, and of the Seizure of Sir Patrick Hume, of Polwarth, Baronet.	William Waring Hay	245 - 247
Notices regarding Scotish Archery, particularly that of the Highlanders; together with some Original Documents relating to a levy of Highland Bowmen to serve in the war against France, in the year 1627.	Donald Gregory	248 - 254
Notices of the Life of William Hamilton, of Bangour, Esq., and a Chronological List of his Poems.	James H Chalmers	255 - 266
List of Works respecting the Islands of Orkney and Shetland, forming a series of Donations to the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, by A.Z., a Gentleman resident in London, and an Honorary Member of the Society.	A Z A.	267 - 274
Original Letters from James Gregorie, Professor of Mathematics in the University of St Andrews, to the Reverend Colin Campbell, Minister of Ardchattan, Argyleshire.	John Gregorson	275 - 284
Commission, University of St Andrews, to Mr James Gregorie, Professor of Mathematics, 10th June 1673.	John Gregory	285 - 286
Notice of Two Roman Sculptured Heads, preserved in the front of a house at the Netherbow, Edinburgh. Accompanied with a plate, engraved by David Allan, 1783.		287 - 289
Various Communications to the Society, of a Miscellaneous Nature, selected fropm the Unpublished Papers in the Society's possession:		287
An Account of the Ancient Crosier of St Fillans, described in a Letter from William Thomson, A.M. Student of Christ Church, in Oxford, to the Earl of Buchan.	William Thomson	289 - 291
Letter from the Reverend John Geddes, D.D., giving some Account of Portraits preserved in the Scottish Benedictine Monastery of Wurtzburg.		291
Part of a letter from the Earl of Buchan to the Secretary, giving an Account of a Tour by his Lordship through Aberdeenshire, in 1789.	Earl of Buchan	292 - 294
Letters from George Chalmers, Esq., and the Reverend John Geddes, D.D., respecting the extracts from Randolph's Letters concerning the Roman Antiquities discovered near Musselburgh in 1565.	George Chalmers John Geddes	294 - 295
Contemporary Account of the escape of Rob Roy, after being apprehended, in the year 1717, by the Duke of Athole; in a letter from the Reverend Mr Murray to the Reverend Colin Campbell, Minister of Ardchatton. Communicated by Sir Walter Scott, Baronet. From the Original, in the possession of John Gregorson, of Ardtornish, Esq.; from the original in the possession of John Gregor...	Murray	296 - 297
Part of a letter from George Walker, Esq., Landscape Painter, to the Secretary, respecting Ancient Monuments in Edinburgh.	George Walker	296
Letter from Thomas Robertson, Esq., to the Earl of Buchan, respecting the Discovery of a Stone Coffin at Arbroath, supposed to contain the Remains of King William the Lyon.	Thomas S Robertson	297 - 298
Letter from Lieutenant-General Hutton to the Secretary, accompanying a Copy of a Portrait of William the Lyon, King of Scotland, presented to the Society.	Hatton	298
Notice of Two Ancient Stone Collars dug up near the Parallel Roads of Glen Roy, in possession of the late Mr Byres, of Tonley.	James Skene	299
Letter addressed to Sir Water Scott, Baronet, by Mr James Bowd, on a Popular Superstition formerly used to prevent Cattle from Witchcraft; with Remarks on the Superstition.	James Skene	300 - 301
Description of Two Ancient Camps on the Estate of Hay Newton, of Newton, Esq., East Lothian.	William Waring Hay	301 - 305
Extract of a Letter, from Lieutenant James Edward Alexander, of the 16th Light Dragoons (Lancers) &c., giving an Account of an Ancient Building in the County of Kerry, called Staigh Fort.	James Edward Alexander	305 - 307
Notice of an Ancient Carving on an Ambry, or Cupboard, in Aberdeenshire; in a Letter from James Logan, Esq., London.	James Logan	307
Notice regarding an Ancient Oak Pannel from Stirling Castle, on which is carved the Head of a King of Scotland.	James Edward Alexander	308 - 309
Account of some Ancient Carvings in Oak; in a Letter from John Mackinlay, Esq.	John Mackinlay	309 - 310
Two Acts of the Privy Council of Scotland, dated 20th November 1606, for establishing good rule on the Borders.	Robert Pitcairn	310 - 311
Short Notice of Arnold Bronckhurst, Portrait Painter to King James VI. With an Original Account for Painting Portraits of His Majesty, and of George Buchanan.	Alexander MacDonald	312 - 313
Letter from the Honourable Baron Clerk Rattray to E.W.A. Hay, Esq., with an interesting Anecdote of General Monk.	Baron Rattray	314
Letter from William Dyce, Esq., S.A., to James Skene, Esq., accompanying Specimens of the Ancient Painting on the Walls of the Baths of Titus at Rome.	William Dyce	315 - 316
Short Latin Chronicle, being chiefly an Obituary relating to the Highalnds, and compiled early in the Sixteenth Century. Communicated by Donald Gregory, Esq., Secretary	James MacGregor	317 - 328
Index for the first 3 volumes		329 - 337
Appendix part 1
Appendix part 2
Appendix part 3
Preliminaries