Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 125

Roman coins as dating evidence for Drumderrach souterrain.

Reports work surrounding the stone, undertaken prior to the construction of a protective glass pavilion around it.

Six burials of ninth--tenth-century date recorded between 1991 and 1994, plus one tenth-century burial recorded in 1979, lead to the suggestion that the headland was a Viking cemetery area. There is an appendix `Surface collection of artefacts' by Tim Neighbour & Andrew Dunwell (747--9).

Notes the discovery of silver gilt `Pictish' penannular brooch fragments in association with part of an iron sword blade and corroded iron material including part of a sickle blade. `The fibres associated with the brooch' by Thea Gabra-Sanders (761--2) and `The organic remains associated with the sword and sickle' by Amanda Clydesdale (762) conclude proceedings.

Reports rescue excavation on a roughly circular, ditch-enclosed, cemetery site which uncovered a complex cluster of east/west and north/south facing burials. There were crudely worked sandstone `head-sets' in some graves but no artefacts.

A discussion of the structure in the context of other foundations, with particular reference to the influence of Henry I's foundation of Reading Abbey.

Reports excavations in the course of conservation work that revealed the church's structural evolution. Medieval and post-medieval burials were discovered along with indications of pre-church activity. There are details of `Coins and coin-weight' by N M McQ Holmes (898--9).

Reports: medieval--post-medieval malting kilns at `Mill Street' by Martin Brann & Neil McGavin (ed David Bowler) (918--30); early medieval buildings at `King Edward Street' by Peter Clark & Linda Blanchard (ed David Bowler) (931--8); investigations into possible Dominican Friary site at `Kinnoull Street' by David Bowler & Derek Hall (939--47) including cemetery evidence; `Blackfriars House' by David Bowler & Derek Hall (947--54). The artefacts section, by B Ford (959--79) includes notes on: `Horse equipment' by B Ellis (963); `Numismatica' by N Holmes (965); `Porous ceramic material' by C Underwood (965); `Stone shot' by M Brann (966); `Doorway pediment' by N Cameron & D Bowler (966); `Ceramic building material' by D W Hall (968, 970); `Textiles' by H Bennett (971); `Leather' by C Thomas & A Walsh~(971). There are details of `The human skeletal remains from Kinnoull Street' by M Bruce (ed A Cox) (979--85), `Animal bone' by C Smith (986--9), `The botanical remains: Mill Street & King Edward Street' by D Robinson (ed C Smith) (990--3). Finally, `Pollen and particle size analysis of ditch deposits' by D Robinson (ed C Smith) (994) concludes proceedings.

Excavations revealed a stretch of precinct wall of Dunfermline Abbey -- probably fourteenth-century in date. A medieval corn-drying kiln and a probable nineteenth-century loom stance were also located. There are details of `The pottery' by Robert Will & George Haggarty (1034--6), `Clay tobacco pipes' by Dennis B Gallagher (1036--7), and `Palaeoenvironmental analyses' by Tim Holden, Dorothy Rankin & Alan Duffy (1037--9).

Reports on Iron Age and post-medieval fortifications on the highest point in Dundee. There are notes on `The samian' by Alan F Leslie (1100--2) and `The environmental studies' by Sheila Boardman & Hazel Moore (1102).

Excavation within the barmkin of the towerhouse was carried out in advance of renovation. The investigation revealed part of the flagged and cobbled surface of the courtyard and the fragmentary remains of a building abutting the tower. It is thought that this outbuilding belonged to the original, late sixteenth-century layout associated with the tower.

An examination of the accepted view that the building fell into ruin after 1688 based on unpublished documentary sources and efforts to save it between 1688 and 1741. `Appendix 1: views showing the Bishop's Castle' (1155--6) and `Appendix 2: documents relating to the Bishop's Castle, 1693--1736' (1157--60) conclude proceedings.

An article considering a silver arrow, given as a prize in medieval revivalist games of the nineteenth century. There are appendices on `The medals attached to the Marchmont Arrow' (1183--5) and on nineteen other `Scots silver arrows' dating to between 1603 and 1850 (1185--6).

Gives details of the following lectures: `The Cluniac monastery of Paisley' by John Malden (1193--4); `The Sculptor's Cave, Covesea, Moray: from Bronze Age ossuary to Pictish shrine' by Ian A G Shepherd (1194--5); `Digging for flint: the Den of Boddam/Buchan Ridge Gravel Project, Aberdeenshire' by Alan Saville & David Bridgland (1195--6); `The Discovery Programme: recent developments in Irish archaeological research' by Anne Lynch (1197--8); `Scotland in the Little Ice Age: the science and the poetry' by Ian Morrison (1198); `Map-making in Roman Scotland: from Marinus to the Military Survey' by Gordon S Maxwell (1199); and finally, `Images and artefacts: the material culture of Jacobitism in Scotland and England, 1688--1788' by Eirwen E C Nicholson (1200).