n.a., (1938). Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 73. Edinburgh: Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. https://doi.org/10.5284/1000184.

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Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 73

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Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland

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Article Title	Author / Editor	Page Start/End	Abstract
Meeting minutes		1 - 6
A Stone-Age settlement at the Braes of Rinyo, Rousay, Orkney. (First Report.)	V G Childe Walter G Grant	6 - 31
Fyvie Castle	W D Simpson	32 - 47	A history of Fyvie Castle and its environs from the medieval period to the present with a focus on the architectural history of the castle itself.
A barbed point of deer-antler from Shewalton, Ayrshire	A D Lacaille	48 - 50	A barbed point was recovered from the river bed. It had five pairs of barbs and had been well finished with stone tools.
Two hoards of silver coins found at Bridge of Don, Aberdeen, and at Dunblane, Perthshire	Robert Kerr	51 - 54	A hoard of 197 coins in an earthenware green-glaze vessel were discovered during building work. The group comprised 192 English and 5 Scottish groats. The date of the latest coin was 1466. A second hoard discovered at Dunblane during quarrying comprised 91 silver pennies of which 86 were English, 3 were Scottish and 2 were Irish. Two of the English coins were forgeries. The date of the latest was 1324.
An Iron Age site at Aignish, near Sternoway	Eliot Cecil Curwen	55 - 57	The remains of an Iron Age site comprised a hearth between the footings for two small walls and a midden heap. Find included pottery sherds, a bone comb, animal bone, a large iron rivet, a flat piece of iron and bloomery cinder.
The Castle of Clounie Crichton, Kincardineshire	J Fenton Wyness	58 - 61	The ruinous Clounie Castle is an interesting example of a Scottish laird's "house-of-fence". A carved panel above the entrance doorway records that it was built by George Crichton of Clounie in 1666.
Report on excavation at Monzie	Alison N Young Margaret E E Crichton Crichton Mitchell	62 - 70	Report on the excavation of a rough circle of 10 stones one of which was carved. A causeway leading from the circle to an outlying slab was identified. It had cup and ring mark carvings. A stone cist within the circle contained burnt human bone and the remains were identified as an adult and a child aged six to eight years. Finds included pottery, charcoal (mainly hazel) and a flint flake.
A Viking settlement at Freswick, Caithness. Report on the excavations carried out in 1937 and 1938.	Alexander O Curle	71 - 110	Excavation revealed three distinct groups of buildings, all rectangular and stone built which included dwellings, a smithy, a barn with kiln, a boatshed and a possible bath chamber. Finds were not numerous but included bone combs, spindle whorls, bronze jewellery, a glass bead and iron knives and sherds from Viking cooking pots. Medieval sherds of 13th century date were also recovered. There are documentary references to a Viking settlement at Freswick since at least the 11th century.
The Agricolan fort at Fendoch.	Ian A Richmond James McIntyre J A Stanfield Eric Birley Arthur Raistrick	110 - 154	Report on excavations in 1936 and 1937. The unusual rectangular form of the fort was dictated by the space available. Features examined included the rampart, ditch and intervallum and the east gateway. All the internal features (principia, praetorium, granaries, barracks, ovens) were examined and evidence was found to suggest that the fort had been deliberately dismantled. Artefacts included an unbroken sword from a foundation trench of the principia.
Excavations on behalf of H M Office of Works at Taiverso Tuick, Trumland, Rousay	Walter G Grant	155 - 166	Report on the excavation of a Neolithic chambered cairn which was originally investigated in 1898. A passage way leads to a subterranean chamber which is overlaid by a much disturbed upper chamber. A second small subterranean chamber is located just south-west of the cairn. Artefacts include human bone, worked flint, stone disc beads, a stone hammer or macehead and Neolithic pottery.
Excavations of Iron-Age dwellings on the Calf of Eday in Orkney	Charles S T Calder	167 - 185	Further excavations of a group of Iron Age dwellings. The largest is a substantial stone-built circular structure identified as a 'potter's workshop' due to the large quantity of associated pottery and peat fires within. Three less substantial circular structures are located close by. The fourth stone-built structure is rectangular and thought to be of later date. The excavator identified two phases of occupation. Animal bone and worked stone were present.
The galleried Dun at Kildonan Bay, Kintyre	Horace Fairhurst	185 - 228	The dun is a substantial stone-built irregular oval structure. Four phases of occupation were identified (Kildonan I-IV). A paved single entrance way led into the structure. A twin staircase had been built into a portion of the northern wall. Occupation of the dun appears to have begun in the 2nd century or slightly earlier and continued into the 13th or 14th century.
Two Bronze Age Burials	Robert B K Stevenson	229 - 240	A stone built cist containing a cinerary urn with the cremated remains of an adult was discovered at Outerston Hill, Midlothian. Pyre debris, including a burnt worked flint flake and large sherds of a smashed and burnt second pottery vessel were also present. A second stone cist at West Pinkerton, Broxburn, East Lothian contained two adult male skeletons and a Beaker vessel. The earlier skeleton had apparently been disturbed during the burial of the second. The method of manufacture of prehistoric vessels is discussed.
Miscellanea Romano-Caledonica II.	George MacDonald	241 - 272	A third supplement to a list of Roman coins found in Scotland. Other topics include an inscription on an altar portion from Mumrills, the papers of General Melville, the Roman camps at Raedykes, Dealginross and Birrens.
An earth-house at Gripps, Frotoft, Rousay, Orkney	Walter G Grant	273 - 275	An earth-house discovered during plough comprised a passageway into a widened chamber with clay walls and a slabbed roof. A small quantity of pottery and a hammer stone were among the few artefacts.
Two Scottish Thirteenth-century songs, with the original melodies, recently discovered in Sweden	John Beveridge	276 - 288	Two previously unrecorded Scottish songs were contained within a parchment manuscript of 13th century date. One was a hymn sung at the wedding of Princess Margaret of Scotland to King Eric of Norway at Bergen in 1281. The other was a hymn in praise of St Magnus, Earl of Orkney, who died in 1115 and was enshrined in 1135. He was the patron saint of Orkney, and in his honour the Cathedral of Kirkwall was built and dedicated.
Cultivation terraces in South-eastern Scotland	Angus Graham	289 - 315	The literary evidence provides some grounds for the argument that the terraces are probably not of later date than the late Middle Ages and had gone out of use by 1700 at the latest. A gazetteer of 136 sites is included.
Rock Scribings at Hawthornden, Midlothian	V G Childe John Taylor	316 - 318	A series of pecked carvings in the natural rock face survive in a shallow recess or shelter in a cliff above the river Esk. Designs include circles, triangles, vertical grooves and spirals. They are compared to examples of rock art from Ireland.
A Beaker Burial from Innerwick, East Lothian	V G Childe Alexander Low	318 - 319	A stone cist was discovered during ploughing. It comprised four side slabs with a cover slab and was orientated broadly west-east. The cist contained a Beaker vessel and the fragmented remains of a skeleton aged 3-5 years.
An Indeterminate Structure and a Hearth Found outside the Roman Fort at Mumrills	Samuel Smith	319 - 324	Part of a possible rectangular building comprised a series of short clay and cobble foundations in a broadly N-S row were interspersed by large postholes, many with packing stones. Fragments of Roman dressed stone had been used as packing in some of the postholes. Other features included four pits and a number of smaller postholes either side of the foundations. The date and function of the structure is uncertain.
Oak Panels Presented to the Museum by the National Art Collections Fund	James S Richardson	324 - 325	Description of a carved panel from Castle of Killochan near Girvan probably dating from 1530-1540. The Montrose panels are a group of eighteen believed to have come from the hall of a hospital founded in 1516.
A Massive Double-linked Silver Chain	Arthur J H Edwards	326 - 327	The chain was found by workmen at Traprain Law in East Lothian. A further ten examples are known from Scotland and are mainly concentrated in the south. Where the chains are decorated the symbols can be paralleled with those on sculptured stone monuments which are mainly confined to the east, north of the Forth.
Three Penannular Armlets and Two Finger-rings of Silver	Arthur J H Edwards	327	The objects were discovered in peat moss on Stornoway. The armlets are bent and one of the finger-rings is broken.
Donations to and purchases for the Museum		328 - 344
Index		345 - 359
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