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Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society Transactions of the Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society LXXXII 2008 Transactions of the Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society FOUNDED 20th NOVEMBER, 1862 THIRD SERIES VOLUME LXXXII Editors: JAMES WILLIAMS, F.S.A.Scot., F.R.M.S. R. McEWEN ISSN 0141-1292 2008 DUMFRIES Published by the Council of the Society Office-Bearers 2007-2008 and Fellows of the Society President Morag Williams Vice Presidents Mr I Cochrane-Dyet, Mr J McKinnell, Dr A Terry and Mr J L Williams Fellows of the Society Mr J Banks, BSc; Mr A D Anderson, BSc; Mr J Chinnock; Mr J H D Gair, MA, JP; Dr J B Wilson, MD; Mr K H Dobie; Mrs E Toolis and Dr D Devereux. Mr J Williams and Mr L J Masters — appointed under Rule 10 Hon. Secretary [Vacant] Hon. Membership Secretary Miss H Barrington, 30 Noblehill Avenue, Dumfries DG1 3HR Hon. Treasurer Mr L Murray, 24 Corberry Park, Dumfries DG2 7NG Hon. Librarian Mr R Coleman, 2 Loreburn Park, Dumfries DG1 1LS Assisted by Mr J Williams, 43 New Abbey Road, Dumfries DG2 7LZ Joint Hon. Editors Mr J Williams and Mr R H McEwen, 5 Arthur’s Place, Lockerbie DG11 2EB Hon. Syllabus Convener Mrs E Toolis, 25 Dalbeattie Road, Dumfries DG2 7PF Hon. Curators Mrs E Kennedy and Ms S Ratchford Ordinary Members Mrs J Brann, Dr J Foster, Mrs P G Williams, Mr J Copland, Mr A Gair, Mr D Rose Mr R Copland, Mrs C Inglehart, Mr A Pallister and Mr R McCubbin CONTENTS The Continuing Decline of the Rook in Dumfriesshire: Results of the 2008 Centenary Census by L R Griffin, D Skilling, R T Smith and J G Young ........ 1 Extracts from the Notebook of the late James H Wilson: A Glencaple Wildfowler, 1872 – 1947 by John G Young ....................................................... 31 An Enclosure and other features at Evan Road, Beattock, Dumfries and Galloway by Lindsay J Dunbar .......................................................................... 41 Brittonic Place-names from South-West Scotland, Part 8: Sark by Andrew Breeze .............................................................................................. 49 A possible Discoid Gravemarker at Kirkconnel Lea by George Thomson ............. 51 Another Look at Bagimond by Alex Maxwell Findlater ......................................... 59 Hoddom: A Mediaeval Estate in Annandale by Alex Maxwell Findlater ............... 77 The Statistical Accounts by A. E. MacRobert ......................................................... 83 The Development of Cally Designed Landscape by Nic Coombey ........................ 95 Sir Herbert Maxwell: Chairman of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland 1908 – 1934 by Jane Murray ..................... 115 Addenda Antiquaria An Observation of Kirkcudbright’s Town Wall by David Devereux ................. 136 A Concealed Sock from Kirkmaiden, Wigtownshire by John Pickin ............... 138 A Bog Body from Leswalt, Wigtownshire by John Pickin ............................... 140 A Grooved Stone Tool from Wanlock head — Loom-weight or Prehistoric Mining Hammer? by John Pickin ...................................................................... 141 Reviews St Ninian and the Earliest Christianity in Scotland: Review of a Lecture Day in Whithorn (Jane Murray) ......................................................................... 144 Place and memory: Excavations at the Pict’s Knowe, Holywood and Holm Farm, Dumfries and Galloway, 1994-8, ed. By Julian Thomas and From Cairn to Cemetery: An Archaeological Investigation of the Chambered Cairns and early Bronze Age mortuary deposits at Cairnderry and Bargrennan White Cairn, South-west Scotland by Vickie Cummings and Chris Fowler (Jane Murray) ... 145 We Will Remember Them: Kirkcudbright’s Sons (1939-1945) by Ian Devlin (Alastair Gair) ............................................................................ 150 Kirkcudbright Shipping 1200 – 2005 by David R Collin (James Copland) ..... 150 Obituaries Duncan Adamson ............................................................................................... 152 Francis John Stewart .......................................................................................... 153 Proceedings ............................................................................................................. 156 EDITORIAL Contributions are invited on the Natural History, Geology, Antiquities and Archaeology including Industrial Archaeology, of South-West Scotland or the Solway Basin, and preference is always given to original work on local subjects. Intending contributors should, in the first instance, apply to the Editors for ‘Instructions to Contributors’, giving the nature and approximate size of their paper. Each contributor has seen a proof of his or her paper and neither the Editors nor the Society hold themselves responsible for the accuracy of scientific, historical or personal information in it. The Hon. Secretary, Mr John Williams, Merkland, Kirkmahoe, Dumfries DG1 1SY, Tel: 01387 710274, deals with all matters other than membership which are dealt with by the Hon. Membership Secretary, Miss H Barrington, 30A Noblehill Avenue, Dumfries DG1 3HR, Tel: 01387 256666. Exchanges should be sent to the Hon. Assistant Librarian, Mr J. Williams, St Albans, 43 New Abbey Road, Dumfries DG2 7LZ. Exchange volumes are deposited in the Library of Dumfries Museum at which location they may be freely consulted by members. However, as public opening hours may vary, it is recommended that prior contact be made with Museum staff (telephone 01387 253374) before visiting. Enquiries regarding back numbers of Transactions - see rear cover - should be made to the Hon. Librarian, Mr R. Coleman, 2 Loreburn Park, Dumfries DG1 1LS. As many of the back numbers are out of stock, members can greatly assist the finances of the Society by arranging for any volumes which are not required, whether of their own or those of deceased members, to be handed in. It follows that volumes marked as out of print may nevertheless be available from time to time. All payments, other than subscriptions, should be made to the Hon. Treasurer, Mr L Murray, 24 Corberry Park, Dumfries DG2 7NG. Payment of subscriptions should be made to Miss H Barrington (see above), on behalf of the Hon. Treasurer. The latter will be pleased to arrange for subscriptions and/or donations to be treated as Gift Aid under the Finance Acts, which can materially increase the income of the Society without, generally, any additional cost to the member. Important Inheritance Tax and Capital Gains Tax concessions are also conferred on individuals by these Acts, in as much as bequests, or transfers of shares or cash to the Society by way of Gift Aid are exempt from these taxes. Limited grants may be available for excavations or other research. Applications should be made prior to 28th February in each year to the Hon. Secretary. Researchers are also reminded of the Mouswald Trust founded by our late President Dr R.C. Reid, which provides grants for work on certain periods. Enquiries and applications for grants to that Trust should be made to Primrose and Gordon, Solicitors, 92 Irish Street, Dumfries DG1 2PF. The Society may also be able to assist with applications for funding from other sources. The Council is indebted to the following bodies for substantial grants towards publication costs viz the Horace Gillman Trust, The Scottish Ornithologists’ Club and West Skelston Services, Dumfries for the 2008 Rook Census paper; Loreburn Housing Association for the paper on Evan Road, Beattock; The Ann Hill Fund for the paper on a Discoid Gravemarker from Kirkconnel; Dumfries and Galloway Council (National Scenic Area project) for the paper on the Cally Designed Landscape and The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historic Monuments of Scotland for the paper on Sir Herbert Maxwell. Dumfries and Galloway Council are additionally thanked for their annual contribution to the Society. The illustration on the front cover is of the Wamphray cross-slab from the article ‘The Early Church in Dumfriesshire’ by W.G. Collingwood, in volume XII, Series III (1926) of these Transactions. It is discussed afresh by Prof. Richard Bailey in Whithorn Lecture No. 4 (1996). 1 THE CONTINUING DECLINE OF THE ROOK IN DUMFRIESSHIRE: RESULTS OF THE 2008 CENTENARY CENSUS. Including comparisons with the surveys of 1908, 1921, 1963, 1973, 1975, 1993, 2003, 2004, and 2005 L R Griffin,1 D Skilling,2 R T Smith,3 and J G Young4 Summary During the complete county census of 2008 the total of 13,459 rook nests was recorded. Thus, in the five years since 2003, there has been a 25% decline in nest numbers. This continues to confirm the 5% per annum rate of decline extrapolated from the partial sur- veys of 2004 when a random sample of 29 of Dumfriesshire’s 43 parishes were surveyed and in 2005 when 33 parishes were surveyed. During these surveys a decrease of 6% on the previous year’s total and 5% were recorded respectively. The 2008 survey suggests this rapid rate of decline has continued at a constant rate from at least 2003 onwards, and continues the long-term decline in numbers since the maximum recorded in 1993. Thus in 2008 the underlying trend of decreasing rookery size since 1963 has continued with only 36 nests per rookery on average and of greater concern the number of rookeries – 373 - has started to decrease compared to 2003 when there were 405 although remaining higher than in 1993 when 356 were noted. The 2008 census showed that 16 rookeries that had been recorded in 1908 were still
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