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Index to the Transactions of the Stirling Natural History and Archaeological Society. Introduction These pages are scanned from the Index to the Transactions of the Stirling Natural History and Archaeological Society, Volumes I to LVII, Compiled by Duncan McNaughton, M.A., F.S.A. (Scot) and published by the Society in 1936. IT DOES NOT INCLUDE VOLUMES 58 TO 61, FOR WHICH THE USER NEEDS TO CONSULT THE CONTENTS Some scanning errors will not have been corrected. A few errors in the original index have been silently corrected and a few odd spellings are modernised but many oddities remain. Most entries refer to the titles, a few to sub-headings - there is no Index of the actual content of articles. The references are to volumes usually identified by Roman numerals and to starting page of article by Arabic numbers (but there are inconsistencies in the original which have NOT all been corrected). The Index volume also includes a list collating Roman and Arabic volume numbers, an Index of Authors and Index of Illustrations; these are NOT included here. A Abbey, Cambuskenneth, i. 38; xx. 48, 50. Abbey Church of Culross, Restoration of, xxix. 17. Abercrombies of Tullibody, The, xlix. 139. Abercromby, Sir Ralph, Soldier and Churchman, xxxi. 50. Aberfoyle, Excursion to, v. 102. Aberuchill and Kilbryde, The Campbells of, xlvii. 58. Adder, The, iii. 63. Addresses, Presidential. (See Presidential Addresses.) Administration, History of Burghal, xxxiii. 9. Agriculture and Agricultural Implements, Old Scottish, xxviii. 116. Airth, Ancient Owners of, xlix. 74. Airth, Bruces of, and Their Barony, xlix. 81; 1. 63. Airth, Bruces and Barony of, The, xlix. 81. Airth Castle and Tower, xxvi. 27. Airth, Docks at, James IV.'s, xlix. 88. Airth Hall, xlix. 85. Airth Problems, xlix. 62. Airth, Sir William de Erthe's Family, xxvi. 21; xlix. 62. - Airthrey, Estates of, xlvii. 122. Airthrey Loch, Excursion to, vi. 53. Albatross The, ii. 40. Albert Place, Stirling, Drain at, 4 iii. 77; iv. 99. Albinism in Local Flora, xxv. 93. Alexander on. St. Paul's Epistles, Cornelius, xxiii. 21. 15 Alexander, Earl of Stirling, Sir William, xxi. 48; lvi. 80. Alexanders of Menstrie, The, xlvii. 113; Iv. 45. Alexander, Sir James Edward, R.O.B., lvi. 141. Alick. Blind, liii. 115. Allan Valleys, Paleolithic Man in Earn and, xxii. 71. 1 Index to the Transactions of the Stirling Natural History and Archaeological Society. Allan Water, The Banks of, lvii. 8. Alloa District, Birds of the, xxv. 72. Alloa District, Geographical Description of, xxxiv. 10. Alps and Their Exploration, The Glaciers of the, xxii. 42. Alva Glen, Excursion to, iii. 87; v. 99. Alva, Prehistoric Burial at, xli. 83. Anatomical Vivisection of Criminals among the Ancients, xxvi. 33. Ancient Monuments in Stirling-shire, List of, xxxv. 85. Ancient Monuments Commission Report on Tullibody Bridge, xxiv. 86. Ancient Monuments, Romance of, iii. 9. Ancient Sea Beach, Shells of an, v. 67. Animal Distribution, Changes in, xli. 62. Anniversary of the Inauguration of the Society, Address on the Fiftieth, LI. 13. Antarctic Seas and Lands, liii. 65. Antiphonary of Forrester of Garden, lii. 6. Antiquities of Burgh of Stirling, Miscellaneous, xx. 12. Antiquities of the Callander District, i. 65. Antiquities of East Neuk of Fife, ix. 81. Antiquities, Egyptian, iii. 29. Antiquities near Londonderry,. iii. 14. Antiquities from Orkney, iii. 29. Antiquities of Tents Muir, v. 39. Antiquities of the Trossachs District, i. 56, 65. Antiquities from Upper Bandeath, ii. 60. Antoninus Pius, The Roman Wall of, i, 40; iii. 7; xiv. 42; xiii. 103. Antrim, Geology of, xvii. 28. Apple, Pear and Plum, Early History of, xxxiv. 98. Appointment of First Office-bearers, i. 7. Aran Isles, Firbolg Forts in, xvii. 34. Arbroath, Stirlingshire Possessions of the Abbey of, xxi. 119. Archeology of Malta, History and, xxvi. 68. Archeological Relics of the Raised Beaches, xv. 36. Archery, xi. 44. Architecturally Considered, Old Stirling, xix. 2. Architecture, Ancient and Modern Art in Relation to, ix. 65. Architecture, Historical Development of, xxxvi. 27. Ardchattan Priory, Rubbings from, xiv. 70. Ardoch, Excursion to, ii. 90, 91. Ardoch, -Roman Remains at, ii. 90, 117. Argaty, Barony Book of, Li. 103. Argaty and its Lairds from 1497, Li. 95. Argaty, Stone Axe Head at, xvi. 204. Argyll's Lodging, xvii. 99; P1. 9. Art, Ancient and Modern, in Relation to Architecture, ix. 67. Art School and a Cambuskenneth Group of Painters, Craigmill, Lvi. 38. Ashfield, Boulder Clay at, xii. 91. Atoms, Molecules or, ii. 68. Auchterarder, Geographical Description of District, Culross to xxxiv. 10. 2 Index to the Transactions of the Stirling Natural History and Archaeological Society. Auk and the Hawfinch, the Little, Lv. 133. Austin's Seal, Sir David, xxii. 65, 69. Australia, Jack,. The Piping Cow of, xiii. 110. Avi-fauna, of the District, Notes on, xxi. 167; xxiii. 99; xxiv. 130. Axe Heads found in the District, Stone and Bronze, xlvi. 141. Axe Head found at Nyacld, Bronze, xxxiv. 85. Axe, Stone. (See Stone Axe.) B Babirusa or Pig Deer, The, ii. 44. Babylonian Bricks, xxv. 85. Back Walk, Vegetation of, liv. 68. Badger (Exhibited), vii. 89. Bakers, Incorporation of. xliv. 32. Balfours of Powis and Their Friends, The Three, LV. 30. Ball, etc., from Muckhart, Stone, iv. 19. Ballads of Stirlingshire, iv. 35, 38. Ballad Poetry, Spurious vi. 26. Ballengeich, Glaciated Surface at, xiv. 114. : Bandeath, Ancient Pottery found at, xlvi. 151. Bandeath, Antiquities . from Upper, ii. 60. - Bandeath, Excursion to Upper, ii. 94. Banks of Allan Water, The, lvii. 8. Banks of Stirling, Old Private, Lii, 54. Bannockburn, Baronies and Owners of Sauchie and, Lvi. 61. Bannockburn, Battle of, xxii.43; xxiii. 67. Bannockburn, Battle of, New Park and Torbrex in relation to, xliv. 92; Iv. 89. Bannockburn, Battle of, Position of Scottish Army at, xxii. .55. Bannockburn, The Borestone and Field of, xxvi. 57. Barbers, Incorporation of, liv. 55. Bavarian Forests, A Trip to, xxxv. 90. Beaches of the Forth Valley, Raised, xv. 18. Beach, Shells of an Ancient Sea, v 67. Bean Beetles, The Pea and, xix. 93. Beaton's Mill, Tablet Unveiled at, lvi. 5. Beauty, Cult of, liii. 45. Beetles, The Pea and Bean, xix. 93. Belgebrig and its Builder, A Link with Queen Mary, xxiii. 57. Ben Lui, Excursion to, i. 68. Ben Lui Rare Plants found on, i. 69. Bethlehem, The Yellow Star of, xlii. 85. Bird Collection in the Smith Institute, The, xvi. 139; xvii. .96; xx. 41. Bird Life, Notes on, xxxiv. 67; xlii. 36. Bird Life on Island of Handa, vii. 26. Bird Notes, xxii. 71; xxxvi. 136. Birds, vii. 84. Birds, Avi-Fauna of the District, Notes on, xxi. 167; xxiii. 99; xxiv. 130; lv. 133. Birds (Exhibited), vii. 35, 64, 74, 89; viii. 30; ix. 1; x. 1. Birds, Migration of iv. 22; vii. 43; xxvii. 89. Birds, Nesting of British, xviii. 50. 3 Index to the Transactions of the Stirling Natural History and Archaeological Society. Birds of Alloa District and Birds Generally, Notes on, xxv. 72. Birds of West Stirlingshire, lvii. 203. Birds, Pairing of, viii. 28. Birds, Ringing of Wild, 1912, xxxv. 89. Bishop's Palace, Dunblane Excavations at, xxvi; 131. Blackadder, Lt.-Col. John, Deputy Governor of Stirling Castle, xlviii. 53. Black Game in Scotland, iii. 40. Blair Drummond, Bronze Age Burial at liii. 6. Blair Drummond, Moss, The, ix. 22. Blairvoir, Drymen, Stone Axe found at, v. 62. Blind Alick, liii. 115. Blockade of Stirling in 1746, ii. 108. Board of Health, The Cholera Epidemic of 1832 and the Stirling, xliii. 200. Bog Mosses of Stirlingshire, xx. 135. Bogs, Milton and Halbert, xxiii. 67; xlvi. 141. Book, An Old Church Minute, xv. 3. Book, Culross I Kirk Session, vii. 73. Book of the Incorporation of Tailors, An Old Minute, xli. 106. Boquhan, Trial of Walter Buchanan of, xxxv. 57. Borestone and Field of Bannockburn, The, xxvi. 57. Botanical and Microscopic Exhibition, iv. .33. Botanists, Noteworthy Local, xxx. 66. Botany and Geology of the District. (See also excursions) Botany, Economic, ii. 26; iii. 44. Botany of Murrayshall District, ii. 73. Botany, Romance of, xxvii. 13. Botany of Stirlingshire and Surrounding Districts. (See Flora and Plant) Boulder Clay at Ashfield, xii. 91. Boulder, Notes on a Drift, ii. 67. Boulders of the Forth Valley, Travelled, xviii. 33. Boxes of Antiquarian Interest, Two, liii. 62. Braendam, Geology of Lennieston Moor and, xlviii. 95. Branxhohn Peel, Goldielands Peel and, xlii. 71. Bridge of Allan, Cephalaspis Lyellii from (Exhibited), xv. 103. Bridge of Allan, Dawsons of, The, xlvii. - 114. Bridge of Allan, Excavations and Discoveries at Pendreich near, xlix. 91. Bridge of Allan, Fairy Know, Opening of, xlix. 94. Bridge of Allan, Hendersons of, The, xlvii. 113, 115. Bridge of Allan, Modem, and Some of its Makers, lvi. 130. Bridge of Allan, Old, and Some Links with Stirling, xlvii. 107. Bridge of Allan, Robert Louis Stevenson and, Liv. -98. Bridge of Allan, Some Literary Associations of, lvii. 14. Bridge of Allan, Stone Hammer from, xx. 61. Bridge, Drip, Excavations at, xlviii. 105. - Bridge, Stirling, Battle of, xxvii. 31. - Bridge of Stirling, Ancient, xxviii. 33; xxx. 3,38. Bridge of Stirling, Old, xiv. 20; Ii. 83. - Bridge, Tullibody, Ancient Monuments' Commission Report on, xxxiv. 86. 4 Index to the Transactions of the Stirling Natural History and Archaeological Society. Bridges, Past and Present, Roads and, xlix. 98. Britain, Historical Note on Forests and Trees in, xliv. 18, 138. Britain, Prehistoric Man, and Prehistoric Remains in, xxix. 93. British Birds, Nesting of, xviii. 50. British Coasts, Migration of Birds on, iv. 22. British Constitution, Early Stages of the, xxxi. 79; xxxii. 64, British Ferns, xliii. 45. British Snakes, vi 53. Britons of Strathclyde, Romanised, vi.
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  • Bridge of Allan to Dunblane Via Gallow Hill

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    About us Strathallan Community Rail Partnership consists of representatives from local community Bridge of Allan to groups which aims to link local railways with countryside and the communities it serves. It Dunblane via works with local organisations and businesses to maximise potential benefits for the local Gallow Hill communities. STRATHALLAN COMMUNITY RAIL PARTNERSHIP The Ramblers are a UK wide organisation with over 100,000 members which exists to LINKING COUNTRYSIDE AND COMMUNITY Path near Bridge of Allan promote the interests of ramblers at all levels of government and to encourage and promote walking. It works continuously on issues of importance to walkers and speaks for walkers when new legislation is being considered by both Scottish and UK Parliaments. Through its groups, it offers an extensive range of public walks with Stirling, Falkirk and District Group providing regular Sunday walks and other groups within 20 miles of Stirling providing an extensive programme of mid week walks and Saturday walks, which are available to all members. In Scotland there are 54 groups providing 3,500 walks a year. Track near Park of Keir A gently undulating walk along open Stirling, Falkirk & District Group countryside, woodland and riverside. Allan Water near Kippenross House A gently undulating walk along open countryside, woodland and riverside. B823 Starts at Bridge of Allan Railway Station Dunblane Ends at Dunblane Railway Station Difficulty Leisurely Walking time 1 hour 30 minutes Dunblane New Golf Course Length 4.5km / 2.8mi Path on Gallow Hill Getting there 3 Turn right at the dual carriageway There are train and bus options to the start and along the footpath for 400m until reaching finish points of the walk.