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Trans Dumfriesshire Galloway Natur Hist Antiq Soc 75
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Trans Dumfriesshire Galloway Natur Hist Antiq Soc 75
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Transactions of the Dumfriesshire & Galloway Natural History & Antiquarian Society
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Volume:
75
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Journal
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Editor:
James Willaims
W F Cormack
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Dumfriesshire & Galloway Natural History & Antiquarian Society
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Year of Publication:
2001
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BIAB (The British & Irish Archaeological Bibliography (BIAB))
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Created Date:
03 Apr 2003
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Excavation at Hayknowes Farm, Annan
Richard A Gregory
29 - 46
Reports the excavation of a double-ditched enclosure, following a geophysical survey of the site. The enclosure, which is part of a series of crop-marks in the area, was found to contain an eleven metre diameter hut circle. A number of the structure's features were identified including the position of two probable entrances, a number of post holes, a cooking pit, and some rock art on a large stone which was located in the southern porch. A rectilinear enclosure, situated on a linear boundary to the east of the double-ditched enclosure, was also excavated. Radiocarbon dates indicate a Mid/Late Pre-Roman date.
The impact of aerial photography across the lowlands of south-west Scotland
David C Cowley
Kenneth Brophy
47 - 72
Reviews the results of aerial photographic recording of archaeological sites in the area. Suggests that a consideration of patterns of visibility and recovery provides a preamble to a review of the general trends this material reveals. Reports that various types of prehistoric site have been recorded in large numbers for the first time. Features case studies on: Curriestanes (cursus), Dunragit (pit-defined circles), West Logan and Trailflat (barrows), and later prehistoric settlements at Kirkland, Garphar, Thornhill, Cairn Connel Hill and East Galdenoch.
The Novantae and Romanization in Galloway
Allan Wilson
73 - 131
Discusses the archaeological evidence which indicates that the Novantae were politically decentralised with a mixed farming economy augmented by crafts and light industry, at the time of Roman conquest. Suggests that the native economy would have adapted to Roman requirements and Roman influence may be detected, suggesting a probable pro-Roman alignment. Considers both the artefactual evidence and the chronology of Romanisation, and includes inventories on the county's: Roman and Romano-British finds from native sites; hoards/scatters; native finds from Roman sites; and isolated Roman and Romano-British finds.
William Galloway's excavations at Whithorn, 1886--1897: selections from unpublished correspondence in the ...
133 - 149
Complies information relating to a series of unpublished late-nineteenth-century excavations at Whithorn, which revealed Christian monuments and activity.
Brittonic place-names from south-west Scotland, part 2: Ptolemy's Abravannus, `Locatrebe', Cumnock, Irvine...
Andrew Breeze
151 - 158
Discusses five Celtic place-names in south-west Scotland, including: Abravannus meaning `very feeble one' and referring to Piltanton Burn, near Stranraer; a possible link between Locatrebe and Threave Island; and Cumnock, Irvine and Water of Milk, which seem respectively to mean `cutting (stream), hewing (stream)', `(river of) wild turnips', and `honey river, river where honey is found'. See also 2001/154 and 2003/172.
Dundrennan Abbey: archaeological investigation within the south rang...
Gordon J Ewart
159 - 171
Reports four seasons of fieldwork during which the remains of the south-west corner of the twelfth-century Cistercian abbey cloister were cleared of rubble and nineteenth-century landscaping infill. Elements of the Warming House, Novice's Day Room, Great Drain and Reredorter Undercroft were discovered, and coupled with a short programme of geophysical survey and test-trenching, new evidence of the sequence of development of the structure was revealed.
The Dumfries sillar gun
K H Dobie
177 - 180
Discusses the history of a miniature silver gun in the form of a flintlock, which is in the possession of the Burgh Museum of Dumfries. The gun was originally gifted to the Incorporated Trades of Dumfries in 1617 AD by James VI of Scotland (James I of England).