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Contents of Series III, Volume 83 (2009)
| Ostracods from the West Moat at Caerlaverock Castle by Mervin Kontrovitz and Huw I Griffiths | 1 |
| The Reverend William Little (1797?–1867), A Preliminary Account of his Entomological Activities by E Geoffrey Hancock, Ronald M Dobson and James Williams | 5 |
| Punt Gunning for Wildfowl and Waders by John Young | 17 |
| Excavation of an Iron Age Round House and Associated Palisaded Enclosure at Whitecrook Quarry, Glenluce by Douglas Gordon et al | 23 |
| Rosnat, Whithorn and Cornwall by Anfrew Breeze | 43 |
| A Note on the Dating of Barhobble Chapel Bones and the Historical Context of their Deposition by Richard Oram | 51 |
| 'A Loop in the Forth is Worth an Earldom in the North' — The Rediscovery of Scotland's Monastic
Landscapes: Monastic Granges in Dumfriesshire and Galloway by Derek Hall | 55 |
| Evidences for 'Lost' Thirteenth-Century Enclosure/Courtyard Castles in S W Scotland:
An Overview Assessment and Survey by Richard Smith | 67 |
| The Origin of the Irvings by Alastair Maxwell-Irving | 81 |
| Glenstocken, Gutcher's Island, Colvend by Jane Brann, Nic Coombey and Geoffrey Stell | 91 |
| Smuggling and Kirkudbright Merchant Companies in the Eighteenth Century by Frances Wilkins | 105 |
| 'Mokisins', 'Cloaks' and 'A Belt of Peculiar Fabric': Recovering the History of the Thomas
Whyte Collection of North American Clothing formerly in the Grierson Museum by Alison Brown | 131 |
| The Birtwhistles of Galloway and Craven: Drovers, Industrialists, Writers and Spies by Tony Stephens | 151 |
| Strolling Players, Minstrels and Living People: Entertainers in Galloway and in Dumfries
1861–1871 by Innes Macleod | 181 |
| 'I have the Prospect of going to Galloway': the Rev Walter Gregor and the
Ethnographic Survey of the United Kingdom by Stephen Miller | 211 |
| A Neolithic Roughout Axehead from Dunragit by John Pickin | 225 | |
| The Lochenkit Moor Covenanters — a Newly Discovered Account of a 'Killing Times' Incident by David F. Devereux | 229 | |
| Kirk Sessions as Bridge Builders — Lochfoot and Twynholm by Alex Anderson and James Williams | 232 | |
| Elshieshiels Records by Dr J B Wilson | 238 | |
| Walter Newall and Moffat Baths (now Moffat Town Hall) by Antony Wolff | 239 |
| From Caledonia to Pictland: Scotland to 795, by James E Fraser and From Pictland to Alba,
789–1070, by Alex Woolf. Volumes 1 and 2 of The New Edinburgh History of Scotland Andrew Breeze | 243 |
| Rev David Edward Marsden MA, BA, DPS (1929–2009) | 245 |
| Proceedings | 246 |
| Revised Rules of the Society | 253 |
Contents of Series III, Volume 84 (2010)
| Rosa Gigantia – George Watt, including 'On the trail of Two Knights' by
Girija Viraraghavan by Morag Williams | 1 |
| Galloway Crannogs: An Interim Report on Work at Dorman's Island and Cults Loch
by the Scottish Wetland Archaeology Programme by Graeme Cavers and Anne Crone | 11 |
| Homesteads in West Galloway: Excavation at Airyolland, Mochrum, Wigtownshire by Graeme Cavers and George Geddes (with contributions from Rob Engl, Andrew Heald, David Masson, Scott Timpany and Jackaline Robertson) | 19 |
| The Isle of Whithorn: Towards a Reassessment by Mike McCarthy, Ian Armit, Chris Gaffney and Bobby Friel | 43 |
| Personal Allegiance in South West Scotland: 1286–1356 by Stuart McCulloch | 57 |
| The Gordons of Earlstoun by Andrew McCulloch | 73 |
| The 'Old Edinburgh Road' in Dumfriesshire and Galloway by A.D. Anderson | 101 |
| Were the Wigtown Martyrs Drowned? A Reappraisal by A.E. MacRobert | 121 |
| Observations on an Eighteenth Century Gradient Diagram by James D. McLay | 129 |
| Transactions and Proceedings 1868–75: The Society's Missing Years by James Williams | 139 |
| Two Letters from Joseph Train Relating to His Early Literary Career and
Collaboration with (Sir) Walter Scott by David F. Devereux | 161 |
| Whithorn's Renown in the Early Medieval Period:
Whithorn, 'Futerna' and 'Magnum Monasterium', by Fiona Edmonds and St. Ninian and the
Earliest Christianity in Scotland: Papers from the Conference Held by the Friends of the
Whithorn Trust in Whithorn on September 15th 2007, ed. Jane Murray Andrew Breeze | 164 |
| Notice of Publications | 166 |
| James Williams (1944–2009) | 167 |
| Proceedings | 169 |
| Rules of the Society | 176 |
Contents of Series III, Volume 85 (2011)
| Rosa Gigantia – 'Sir George Watt' Part II, including "'Sir George Watt' escorts 'Baroness
Dawn' to Scotland" by Girija Viraraghavan by Morag Williams | 1 |
| The 2010 Dumfriesshire Rookery Census: Including comparisons with the surveys of
1908, 1921, 1963, 1975, 1993, 2003, 2004 and 2008 by L.R. Griffin, D. Skilling, R.T. Smith, J.G. Young | 9 |
| Excavation and Recording of Three Sites at Knocknab on Torrs Warren, West Freugh by Diana Coles, Alison Sheridan and Crane Begg with contributions from Philip Abramson, Charles French and Jane Murray | 17 |
| Neolithic, Bronze Age, Anglian and Later Discoveries at Lockerbie by Magnus Kirby | 53 |
| Sir Enguerrand de Umfraville: His Life, Descent and Issue by Alex Maxwell Findlater | 67 |
| Gaelic in Galloway: Part One — Expansion by Alistair Livingstone | 85 |
| The Dumfries Collectors and the King's Boat at Carsethorn, 1764–1799 by Frances Wilkins | 93 |
| The Gatehouse Adventure: The Makers of a Planned Town 1760 to 1830 by David Steel | 119 |
| The Decline of Liberalism in Dumfriesshire: Was It the Standard Wot Done It? by David Dutton | 143 |
| Joseph Train, Robert Malcolmson and the Collection of Folklore for
(Sir) Walter Scott and James Hogg by David F. Devereux | 161 | |
| A Medieval Hunting Leash Mount from Palnure, Dumfries and Galloway,
Analysis and Discussion by Stuart Campbell | 164 |
| Kirkpatrick Fleming: On the Borders of History, by Duncan and
Sheila Adamson Alex McCracken | 168 | |
| The Men of the North: The Britons of Southern Scotland, by Tim Clarkson David F. Devereux | 168 | |
| Art in Madness: Dr. W.A.F. Browne's Collection of Patient Art at
Crichton Royal Institution, Dumfries, by Maureen Park Carol Hogarth | 170 |
| James Banks (1914–2010) | 175 |
| Proceedings | 176 |