n.a., (1975). Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 107. Edinburgh: Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.

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Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 107

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Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland

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107

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1975

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Article Title	Author / Editor	Page Start/End	Abstract
The Stones of Stenness, Orkney	J N Graham Ritchie	1 - 60	HY 307125. Report of excavations on the Class I henge together with discussion (by E W Marwick) of the folklore surrounding an outlying standing stone, the Stone of Odin, and a catalogue of important 18th and 19th century illustrations of both sites. Excavation of the henge revealed that a ring of twelve stones was originally planned and that a complex stone and timber setting occupied the centre, grooved ware was found in both the central feature and the ditch terminal. Radiocarbon dates in late 3rd millennium bc suggest that the henge was contemporary with Skara Brae and tombs of Maes Howe type. AR
Some rescue excavation on the line of the Antonine Wall, 1973-6	Lawrence J F Keppie	61 - 80	Records the results of twelve watching briefs and small excavations as pipeline or construction work breached the line of the Wall. Clearance of a 40m length on one site was particularly informative.
Coin evidence and the northern frontier in the second century AD	David C A Shotter	81 - 91	Examination of the aggregate chronological pattern of coin evidence from fifteen Antonine Wall sites and from 2nd and 3rd century hoards does not unequivocally support occupation of the Antonine Wall into the 180s. Comparison with the coin evidence from Hadrian's Wall confirms the likelihood that AW II lasted from AD 143 to the 160s. Total absence from AW sites of Severan coins must argue against an early 3rd century date for the final abandonment of AW. AR
The Scottish campaigns of Septimus Severus	Nicholas Reed	92 - 102	Caracalla may have campaigned in S Scotland in 207 before the arrival of Severus. The bridge of boats on Caracalla's coins may have been across the Forth at Queensferry and the permanent bridge appearing on Severus' coin over the Tay at Carpow, the two possibly linked by a road through Fife. The 63-acre camps, probably dating to 209 may reflect not a 'round trip' by one force, but division of the army into two. The 165- and 130-acre camps may date to the 210 campaign under Caracalla. Severus is unlikely to have considered occupying the Highlands. DJB
A multi-disciplinary chronology for Alt Clut, Castle Roack, Dumbarton	Leslie Alcock	103 - 113	Small scale excavations at this early British stronghold were performed as part of a long term research programme on early historic fortifications in Scotland (here listed). Historical, archaeological and 14C evidence are combined to produce a historical account, identify the fortification implied by Bede in 731, and attribute its destruction to the Vikings Olafr and Ivarr the Boneless in 870. The 14C dates are best read as implying construction after 600, possibly after 650. Au(adp)
The Viking-age silver and gold hoards of Scandinavian character from Scotland	James A Graham-Campbell	114 - 135	Handlist and discussion of thirty-one Viking-age hoards containing characteristic Scandinavian type rings, ingots or hack-silver (purely native hoards and hoards of stycas are excluded), deposited during 9th to 12th centuries. Fifteen single finds of gold and silver objects are included. These totals fall well below the equivalent figures for Ireland (107 hoards, over 150 single finds) and emphasis is placed upon the insignificance of overseas trade and the absence of urban growth in Viking-age Scotland. 'Ring-money' appears to be a Norse-Scottish product, but analysis of the weights (see 78/5601) does not yet prove its use as currency. AR
Scottish silver arm-rings: an analysis of weights	R B Warner	136 - 143	The weights of seventy-two silver arm-rings or 'ring-money' from Scotland and the Isle of Man were analysed, and their weight distribution was tested to discover whether any target values were involved. Results gave a target of 24.0 + 0.8gm, equivalent to the Norwegian øre, but there appears to have been considerable flexibility in the manufacture of individual rings. A R. See 78/5592.
The Burri Stacks of Culswick, Shetland, and other paired stack-settlements	R G Lamb	144 - 154
Excavations south of Edinburgh High Street, 1973-4	John Schofield	155 - 241	NT 260735. Remains of houses of 14th to 16th centuries were uncovered, together with walling interpreted as the late 15th century city wall or King's Wall built in response to a royal charter. Considerable documentary evidence in the form of deeds and protocol books exists for the area, but it was of limited archaeological value owing to the difficulty of pinpointing properties on the ground. Finds include coarse pottery, German stonewares, floor tiles, glass, coins, a large group of 17th and 19th century clay tobacco pipes and an important sample of animal bones. A R
The late medieval development of the High Kirk of St Giles, Edinburgh	George Hay	242 - 260	Through the harshly 'restored' and altered present-day fabric, the form of the fully developed medieval church and its architectural and (where possible) liturgical arrangements can be traced. The earliest evidence is one 12th century cushion cap and a drawing of a destroyed north door of similar date. The start of the full medieval development came in 1387, the church was drastically altered in 1829-33 and to some extent recovered in 1872-83.
The church and other bells of Wigtownshire	Francis C Eeles Ronald W M Clouston	261 - 274	Survey catalogue of the bells from some fifty locations in the county and spanning the period 1534 to 1963.
Kersmains bell	Ronald W M Clouston	275 - 278
The archaeology of Joseph Anderson	Angus Graham	279 - 298
A short cist from the Hero's Cairn, Lanarkshire	J B Stevenson	299 - 301
Excavation of the cairn at Cairny, Lanarkshire	Gordon S Maxwell	301 - 306
The lost hoard of gold objects from Coul, Islay, Argyll	David V Clarke	307 - 309
Gold armlets from Kilmallie, Inverness-shire	Joanna Close-Brooks	309 - 310
New finds of Late Bronze Age spearheads from Scotland	Joanna Close-Brooks	310 - 313
A Roman terracotta head and a bronze weight from Newstead, Roxburghshire	J Walter Elliot	314 - 316
Crossbows on Pictish stones	John M Gilbert	316 - 317	The archer's bow on the Drosten Stone, a 9th century Pictish symbol stone at St Vigeans Angus, is interpreted as a crossbow from the attitude of the hunter and the detail of the bow. Crossbows appear on two other Pictish stones (see also 78/5596). AR
Two antler crossbow nuts and some notes on the early development of the crossbow	Arthur MacGregor	317 - 321	Antler crossbow nuts from contexts of possible Early Christian and medieval date respectively from Buston Crannog and Urquhart Castle provide rare examples for the history of the crossbow in Britain. A R. See also 78/5590.
A medieval crescent-shaped dagger-pommel from Fortingall, Perthshire	David H Caldwell	322 - 323
Early groats from the Melrose area and a Trapezuntine asper from the Hebrides	Ian Stewart	324
St Fillan's Church, Forgan, Fife	John Di Folco	324 - 329
Three Scottish embroideries	Helen Bennett	330 - 332
Donations to and purchases for the Museum		333 - 348
Index		349 - 353
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