Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 2000-2004 Vol. 130-Vol. 134 6 volumes $60.00
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
2000 2 Vols Volume 130
Royal Museum of Scotland Chambers Street-Edinburgh
Table of Contents
Editorial Board
Council
Patron and Honorary Fellows
Laws of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
Editorial
Jerry O’Sullivan
Obituaries: Ronald Gordon Cant, Barbara E. Crawford,
Marion Campbell of Kilberry, Ian Fisher
Articles and Reports
Excavation of Neolithic pits, later prehistoric structures and a Roman temporary
camp along the line of the A96 Kintore and Blackburn Bypass, Aberdeenshire
Derek Alexander
An Early Bronze Age multiple burial cist from Mill Road Industrial Estate,
Linlithgow, West Lothian Murray Cook
Excavation of an Early Bronze Age cemetery and other sites at West Water
Reservoir, West Linton, Scottish Borders Fraser Hunter
The cairn at East Finnercy, Dunecht, Aberdeenshire Matt Leivers, Julia
Roberts & Rick Peterson
Excavation of Iron Age burials at An Corran, Boreray, Outer Hebrides
Anna Badcock & Jane Downes
Excavation of an Iron Age and Romano-British enclosure at Woodend Farm,
Johnstonebridge, Annandale, 1994 and 1997
Iain Banks
Artificial platforms of possible Iron Age or Dark Age date on Dun Mor, Dornie,
Skye & Lochalsh
Tim Neighbour
Excavations at Dun Ardtreck, Skye, in 1964 and 1965
Euan W. MacKie
Archaeological excavation of a medieval structure and an assemblage of
prehistoric artifacts from
The summit of Traprain Law, East Lothian, 1996-7
Thomas Rees & Fraser Hunter
Traprain Law: Native and Roman on the northern frontier
Michael Erdrich, Kristina M. Giannotta & William S. Hanson
The west annexe at Newstead (Trimontium), Roxburghshire
Simon Clarke
Excavations on the Roman temporary camps at the Three Bridges, Camelon, Falkirk
Geoff B. Bailey
The Roman Gask series tower at West Mains of Huntingtower, Perth & Kinross
David J. Woolliscroft
Investigations of the Antonine Wall at medieval settlement at Kinneil House,
Bo’ness, Falkirk
Bruce Glendinning
A Roman burial from Cramond (Edinburgh) rediscovered
Mark Collard & Fraser Hunter
Marine Crannogs: Previous work and recent surveys
Alex Hale
Excavation of two burials at Galson, Isle of Lewis, 1993 and 1996
Tim Neighbour, Carol Knott, Maragaret F. Bruce & Neill W. Kerr
Excavation of a cairn cemetery at Lundin Links, Fife, in 1965-6
Colvin Greig, Moira Greig & Patrick Ashmore
How late were Pictish symbols employed?
Lloyd Laing
Excavation of 10th century burials at Chapelhall, Innellan, Argyll, 1994
John A. Atkinson
An Excavation at the Bishop’s house, Stow, Scottish Borders
Adrian Cox, Piers Dixon & Michael Parker
A grumphie in the sty: an archaeological view of pigs in Scotland, from their
earliest domestication to
The agricultural revolution
Catherine Smith
Baltersan: A stately tower house in Ayrshire
James Brown
In the territory of Auchencrow, Scottish Borders: Long continuity or late
development in early Scottish field- Systems?
J. Donnelly
The Brechin Hammersmen’s Incorporation, 1600-762, and later fine metal craftsmen
to c 1850
David G. Adams
Scotch carpets at Stirling: Thomas Gilfllan’s Cash Book and Ledger 1764-1770
Vanessa Habib
Lecture summaries
Meetings of the society 1999-2000
Notes for Contributors preparing texts for submissions to volume 132
Index
848 pages, 2vol, approximately 10x7 inch hardcover books, very good condition
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
2001 Volume 131
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Editorial Board
Council
Patron and Honorary Fellows
Laws of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
Articles and Reports
Presenting the Scottish Past: The Rhind Lectures for the Session 1999-2000,
part 1 Introduction
J.N. Graham Ritchie
William Forbes Skene (1809-92): Historian of Celtic Scotland
W. David H. Sellar
‘Beachdan Ura a Imbhir nis/New Opinions from Inverness’: Alexander MacBain
(1855-1907) and the foundation of
Celtic Studies in Scotland
Donald E. Meek
Gerard Baldwin Brown (1849-1932): the recording and preservation of monuments
David J. Breeze
A possible Neolithic settlement at Kinbeachie, Black Isle, Highland
Gordon J. Barclay, Stephen P. Carter, Magnar M. Dalland, Mhairi Hastie, Timothy
G. Holden, Ann
MacSween & Caroline R. Wickham-Jones
Three cists and a possible Roman road at Barbush Quarry, Dunblane, Perthshire
Timothy G. Holden & Alison Sheridan
A Cordoned Urn burial with faience from 102 Findhorn, Moray
Ian A. G. Shepherd & Alexandra N. Shepherd
Towards a new understanding of Iron Age Caithness
Andrew Heald & Adam Jackson
Excavations at Cuiltburn on the Roman Gask System, Perth & Kinross
David J. Woolliscroft & Birgitta Hoffmann
Roman counterfeiters’ moulds from Scotland
Nicholas M. McQ Holmes & Fraser Hunter
Excavations by the late GDB Jones and CM Daniels along the Moray Firth littoral
Richard A. Gregory
The Date and context of the Glamis, Angus, carved Pictish stones
Lloyd Laing
Survey and excavation at Tarradale, Highland
Richard A. Gregory & the late GDB Jones
The Monymusk Reliquary: The Brecchennach of St. Columba?
David H. Caldwell
New evidence for the origins and evolution of Dunbar: Excavations at the
Captain’s Cabin, Castle Park, Dunbar,
East Lothian
Colm Moloney
The 17th century doublet from Keiss, near Wick, Caithness
Naomi Tarrant
‘The monuments of a family’: A collection of jewels associated with Elizabeth
of Bohemia
Athol Murray
Research in inscriptional palaeography (RIP). Scottish tombstone lettering
1241-1855: methodology and preliminary analysis
George Thomson
James Watt and the Delftfield Pottery
Richard Hills
Robert Foulis’s patent curling stone game
David B. Smith
Lecture summaries 2000-2001
Meetings of the Society 2000-2001
Notes and Conditions for Contributors
Index
469 pages, hardbound, good condition.
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 2002 Volume 132
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Editorial Board
Council
Patron and Honorary Fellows
Laws of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
Editorial
Articles and Reports
Presenting the Scottish Past: The Rhind Lectures for the Session 1999-2000,
part 2
‘ The foremost figure in all matters relating to Scottish archaeology’: aspects
of the work of Joseph Anderson (1832-1916)
David V. Clarke
James Curle (1862-1944) and Alexander Ormiston Curle (1866-1955): pillars of the
establishment
JN Graham Ritchie
Ludovic McLellan Mann (1869-1955): ‘the eminent archaeologist’
JN Graham Ritchie
Clarish, Stirling: an early Neolithic structure in its context
Gordon J. Barclay, Kenneth Brophy & Gavin MacGregor
Excavation at a Mesolithic and Neolithic occupation site at Chapelfield, Cowie,
Stirling
John Atkinson
An Early Bronze Age short-cist burial at Abbey Mains Farm, Haddington, East
Lothian
John A. Lawson, David Henderson & Alison Sheridan
An Iron Age child burial at Dunbar Golf Course, East Lothian
Louis Baker
Late prehistoric settlement, Berryhill, Aberdeenshire
Hilary Murray
Excavation of a burnt mound and associated structures at Ceann nan Clachan,
North Uist
Ian Armit & Alan Braby
Some excavations on the line of the Antonine Wall, 1994-2001
Andrew Dunwell, Geoff Bailey, Alan Leslie & Andrea Smith
Philology on Tacitus’ Graupian Hill and Trucculan Harbour
Andrew Breeze
A First millennium AD cemetery, rectangular Bronze Age structure and late
prehistoric settlement at Thornybank, Midlothian
Alastair R Rees
Rheged: An Early Historic Kingdom near the Solway
Mike McCarthy
The Medieval development of South Leith and the creation of Rotten Row
Simon Stronach
Excavation of two ditches and a medieval grain-drying kiln, Inverness, Highland
Clare Ellis
The late 13h-century chapter seals of Dunkeld and Oslo Cathedrals
Virginia Glenn
The Pottery at Thorsk, Stirlingshire c 1600-c 1800: context, links and survival
John G. Harrison
Highland rural settlement studies: A critical history
Chris Dalglish
Sir William Bruce: ‘the chief introducer of Architecture in this country’
Aonghus MacKechnie
A group of cache balls from St. Andrews
Ian Carradice
The linen weavers of Drumsheugh and the linen damask tablecloth woven to
commemorate
The visit of George IV to Scotland in 1822
Vanessa Habib & Helen Clark
Lecture Summaries
Meetings of the Society 2001-2002
Index
589 pages, approximately 10x7 inch hardcover book, very good condition.
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 2003 Volume 133
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Editorial Board
Society Publications 2002-2003
Council
Patron and Honorary Fellows
Laws of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
Articles and Reports
Excavations at Geirisclett chambered cairn, North Uist, Western Isles
Andrew Dunwell, Melanie Johnson & Ian Armit
A possible Neolithic settlement at Milton of Leys, Inverness
Richard Conolly & Ann MacSween
The excavation of a Bronze Age cemetery at Seafield West, near Inverness,
Highland
Michael Cressey & Alison Sheridan
An Early Bronze Age ‘dagger grave’ from Rameldry Farm, near Kingskettle, Fife
Louise Baker, Alison Sheridan & Trevor Cowie
A Bronze Age burial ground at Longniddry, East Lothian
Louise Baker
Excavations of Neolithic and Bronze Age sites near Peterhead, Aberdeenshire,
1998
Richard Strachan & Andrew Dunwell
Excavations at Manish Strand, Ensay, Western Isles
DDA Simpson, RA Gregory & EM Murphy
The excavation of two burnt mounds and a wooden trough near Beechwood Farm,
Inshes, Inverness, 1999
Michael Cressey & Richard Strachan
A walk along the Antonine Wall in 1825; the travel journal of Rev John Skinner
Lawrence Keppie
Roman and medieval coins found in Scotland, 1996-2000
JD Bateson & NM McQ Holmes
Three long cist burials at Easter Broomhouse, near Dunbar, East Lothian
Michael Cressey, Richard Strachan & Jamie Hamilton
A Viking Age weight from Cleat, Westray, Orkney
Monika Maleszka
John Stewart, Duke of Albany, Lord Governor of Scotland, and his political role
in 16th-century France:
A reassessment in the light of new information
Dana Bentley-Cranch & Rosalind K. Marshall
The architectural evolution of Innes House, Moray
Charles McKean
The Bishop’s Castle, Glasgow, 1598-1744
Athol L. Murray
Tradition and change in the age of Improvement: a study of Argyll tacksmen’s
houses in Morvern
Daniel Maudlin
St. Kilda: The pre-Improvement clachan
Andrew Fleming
John Law’s Theory of Money and its roots in Scottish culture
Murray Pittock
Lecture Summaries
Meetings of the Society
Notes for Contributors
Index
442 pages, approximately 10x7 inch hardcover book, very good condition
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 2004 Volume 134
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Editorial Board
Society Publications 2003-2004
Council
Patron and Honorary Fellows
Laws of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
Obituaries
Elizabeth J E Pirie
Paul Withers
Derek DA Simpson
JVS Megaw
Articles and Reports
Hidden depths: thirty years of archaeology in Scottish towns
Lisbeth M. Thoms
Developer-funded fieldwork in Scotland, 1990-2003: an overview of the
prehistoric evidence
Tim Phillips & Richard Bradley
Arable agriculture in prehistory: new evidence from soils in the Northern Isles
EBA Guttman, SJ Dockrill & IA Simpson
Excavations at Kaimes Hill, Ratho, City of Edinburgh, 1964-72
DDA Simpson, RA Gregory & EM Murphy
Rerigonium: A lost ‘city’ of the Novantae
Mike McCarthy
Howe Mire: Excavations across the cropmark complex at Inveresk, Musselburgh
Murray Cook
The Cinderella Service: the Ordinance Survey and the mapping of the Antonine
Wall
John Linge
A reconsideration of the origins of early Insular monumental lettering of the
mixed alphabet
Type: the case of the ‘Lapis Echodi’ inscription on Iona
G. Charles-Edwards
Excavating a parchmenerie: archaeological correlates of making parchment at the
Pictish
Monastery at Portmahomack, Easter Ross
Martin Carver & Cecily Spall
‘Danes…..in this Country’: discovering the Vikings in Scotland
James Graham-Campbell
The evidence of finds for the circulation and use of coins in medieval Scotland
NM McQ Holmes
The archaeology of burgage plots in Scottish medieval towns: a review
Russel Coleman
Three excavations in medieval Dumbarton: 94-102 and 101-3 High Street and 75
College Street
Russel Coleman
Excavation at Newbattle Abbey College Annexe, Dalkeith, Midlothian
John Gooder
St. Bride’s, Douglas-a family mausoleum
Mary Markus
Excavations in the Laird’s Hall, Drum Castle, Aberdeenshire
Moira K. Greig
The material culture of recusancy at Fetternear: kin and religion in
post-Reformation Scotland
Penelope Dransart & the late Nicholas Q Bogdan
Patrick Ruthven, Alchemist and Physician
R. Ian McCallum
A possible 17th century Scotland merchants’ booth at Eastshore, Dunrossness,
Shetland
Nigel D. Melton
Asia in 18th century Edinburgh institutions: seen or unseen?
Beatrice Teissier
A pair of presentation curling stones-Abercairney 1864
David B. Smith
Lecture Summaries
Meetings of the Society
Index
607 pages, approximately 10x7 inch hardcover book, very good condition