Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 80

The wag consisted of a series of stone-built structures within a bank and ditch enclosure. Artefacts included small sherds of coarse cooking pots, two saddle querns and three modified human bones.

Discussion of a cross-stone used as a boundary marker in Lintrathen, Angus.

Report on two incised slabs. The first slab of brown sandstone from Kinkell, Aberdeenshire had a crude engraved effigy of an armed man with a marginal inscription and two shields. It is a rare depiction of Scottish armour in the early 15th century. The second slab, also of brown sandstone is from Cross Kirk, Peebles. The incomplete slab depicts an ecclesiastic with parts of a marginal inscription. It has been dated to the 16th century, contra the inscription which reads "Shrine of St Nicholas 1260."

A re-assessment of the historical evidence relating to the coronation of Alexander III, in particular the traditionally held view that during the coronation the Latin formulas were translated into French by the Bishop of St Andrew's.

Description of a putative Roman road whose function is believed to link the south-west of Scotland with Trimontium or Newstead. It is argued that the site at Raeburnfoot was an intermediate fort or fortlet along its route.

Re-assessment of a group of ten Jacobite rings. The rings are of enamelled gold in a variety of designs but with details in common. A feature of Jacobite propaganda, they are thought to have been made in France.

A large shell heap on a raised beach was discovered by mechanical excavator. It measured 170 x 25 x 1.5 yards and comprised 6-7 million oyster shells with occasional mussels, winkles, cockles and buckies. Burnt layers with charcoal and heat-fractured pebbles were also present. A vertical sided pit was dug into the heap at an unknown date.

A hoard of 14 polished stone knives was discovered in association with a dilapidated cairn.

The earth-house comprised a roundish hollow surrounded by stone pillars around its periphery at intervals of approximately 2.5 feet. Large roofing flagstones rest on one centrally site pillar to form a 'room. The whole structure was covered by earth.

A windmill depicted in a water-colour view of Whithorn in 1825 has been linked to a local landmark known as the "Windmill Stump". It consists of the shell of a two-storey circular building of brown sandstone, with some red brick, about 22 feet in height, with an iron railing about 3 feet high running round the top. On the western side is an outer staircase of stone leading from ground-level to the first floor, of which only a few odd timbers remain.

Isolated discovery of a flint core axe.