Welcome to the Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society
Welcome to the website of the Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society. You can get to know more about the Society and its activities by using the navigation bar above to browse our web pages.
The Society's logo is the Wamphray Dragon, based on the cross-slab illustration taken from the
article The Early Church in Dumfriesshire by W.G. Collingwood, in Volume XII, Series III (1926)
of the Transactions of the Society. It is discussed afresh by Prof. Richard Bailey in Whithorn lecture No. 4 (1996).
Founded in 1862 "The objects of the Society shall be to collect and publish the best information on the natural sciences and antiquities (including history, records, genealogy, customs and heraldry) of the three counties of Dumfries, Kirkcudbright and Wigtown; to procure the preservation of objects of natural science and antiquities relative to the district; to encourage local research and field activities in natural science and excavations by private individuals or public bodies and afford them suggestions and co-operation; to prevent as far as possible, any injury to ancient monuments and records, etc.; and to collect photographs, drawings and descriptions and transcripts of the same." (Rule 2)
Some items on the Society's old website have still to be transferred to the new one. Follow
this link for access to them.