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Donations. (1) Collectio f flint no artifactd an s s formee latth e y Misdb s Hild. aM Leslie Paterson, F.S.A.Scot., including 175 of mesolithic character foun t Banchoryda . (See Proceedings, vol. Ixx . 41 .pp 9 vold ff,an . ff.3 Ixxvi) 10 . Presente .pp . LESLI F late . th e A y Edb PATERSON, Birkwood, -Ternan, . (2) Three pyramidal cores of yellow flint, height 1 inch, -95 inch, -75 inch, from the farm of Boghead of Clatt, . Pre- COOKr senteM y d,b Mosshead, Kemnay, Aberdeenshire. (3) Thirteen flint implement fragmento tw d san potterf so y fro msita e of the Erteb011e Culture at Sondersted, Zeeland, Denmark. Presente . J W .y b dBBAILSFOBD , F.S.A., British Museum, London. (4) Collection of artifacts of flint and stone from the adjacent farms of Crumhaugh Hill, Whitchester d Southfieldan s , near Hawick, which includes three microliths, flake implementd an s quartf so z chertd an , fragment cannel-coaf so l armlets quarta d an ,z pebble inses woodea a n e i t worus ny nb plough ; thread handspuf o s n wool found in a peat bog at Howpasely, Roberton; spindle whorl from Vik, Hardanger, Norway. Presented by Mrs ISABEL TTJBNBULL, Haysike, Hawick. (5) Collection of artifacts from Craigsford Mains, near Earlston, formed by the late George Oliver, which includes 200 flint implements and nine stone axes. Presente DAVIy b d D OLIVER, Halltree Farm, Heriot, JAMES GBEENSHIELDS, Fountainhall, Stow, and THOMAS ALLAN, 50 Ropery Gardens, Woodford Green, Essex, through WMunro. A . , D.Litt., F.S.A.Scot. (6) Halberd-shaped arrow-head of mottled grey flint, and an elongated oval knife of grey translucent flint; both from The Park, Earlston, . PresenteREID. C . R , F.S.A.Scoty db . (7) Arrow lance-hear -o gref do y flint with barb broad san d tang, length 2-2 inches; from Fyvie, Aberdeenshire. Presente . Misy J db . sE BEGG, F.S.A.Scot. (8 )f Cumberlano Ston e eax d "club" type with flattened sides finely polished and retaining the original fine surface scratches, the butt awanting e cuttinth , g edge very obliquely sharpened, length 11-6 inches. Found about 1860 near Bla Ceanna rn , Strathpeffer. Presented by ALEX. WALKEB, F.S.A.Scot. VOL. LXXXIII. 16 242 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY, 1948-49.

(9) Axe of grey tuff with very slightly flattened sides, length 5-1 inches. Found at Borthwick Hall, Heriot, . Presented by the finder, ALEXANDER DOUGLAS, Nethershiels, Stow. (10) Axe of grey stone with pointed butt and rounded sides, length 10-15 inches, found on Oldcastle Farm. Presented by Miss COWE, Oldcastle Farm, Chirnside, Berwickshire. (11) Heavy kite-shaped perforated hamme f igneouo r s rock, 7-9 inches lon4-d 8gan inches broad, foun t Athelstaneforda d . Presented . WOODL b. yT , Dumpender, Athelstaneford, East . (12) Perforated implement formed from a natural grey pebble with one slightly convex side rubbed down like a stone axe, 7-25 inches long, 3-9 inches broad inche2 d an ,s thick, with'hour-glass perfora- tion. Found near Tolsta, Lewis. Presented by ALEX. DUNLOP, 9 Roxley Road, Lewisham, London, S.E , throug13 . h Professor V. G. Childe, D.Litt., F.B.A., F.S.A.Scot. (13) Relics, fro e excavationmth t Cairnpappla s e Hill, . (See Proceedings, vol. Ixxxii. pp. 101 ff.) Presented by H.M. MINISTRY OF WORKS. (14) Beaker foun t Blackstanda d , Rosemarkie, Rosd Cromartyan s . Presented by the finder, Captain F. W. COLLEDGE, 1 East Mayfield, . (See Notes, p. 235.) (15) Beaker sherd from Bedrule, . Presented by A. O. CURLE, C.V.O., LL.D., F.S.A.Scot. (16) Beake f debaseo r d form, foun t Birsaya d , . Presentey db WILLIAM ARCHIBALD, Newhouse, Swannay, Orkney, through Hugh Marwick, O.B.E., D.Litt., F.S.A.Scot. (See Notes, p. 239.) (17) Food-vessel from short cist at Balbie Farm, Burntisland. Presented by J. SPENCE, Balbie Farm, per Professor S. Piggott, B.Litt., F.S.A.Scot. (See Proceedings, vol. Ixxii . 299.p . ) (18) Food-vessel from short cist at Redden Farm, Sprouston, Roxburgh- . Presente s GracDUKE Hi ROXBURGHEF TH y eO b Ed , Floors Castle, Kelso. (See p. 220.) (19) Funerary vessels (fig. 1 and PI. XXXVII, 3) probably found when the Miners' Institute was being erected at Wemyss, , over forty years Portion) ago(1 . beakea f so r with S-shaped profile, height 4-6 inches diametem ri , inches5 r , base diamete inches3 r , with decorated zones of serrated lines and pendant triangles. (2) Food-vessel, simple biconical shape, of gritty fabric with orange- brown burnished outer surface, interior grey; height 4-1 inches, 'rim diameter 5-4 inches, base diameter 2-3 inches; nec rund kan - bevel decorated with continuous horizontal impressions of a fine cord about -15 inch apart, with between them short stabs sloping in opposite direction n alternati s e rows ) Cinerar(3 . y urn, DONATION PURCHASED E MUSEUMAN TH O T S3 R 24 FO S.

height 12-5 inches, rim diameter 12-5 inches, base diameter 5 inches, no carination; the broad bevelled rim decorated with two row f "maggoto s " impressions slopin n oppositi g e directions; two simila curvef r o row t dsbu "maggots rounn "ru bulgee dth ; e uppeth e vesser th hal f o lf bears corrugations made wite hth finger-tip risinspiralo t tw d thefirsga n an sthreen i ni t) (4 . Cinerary urn of enlarged food-vessel type, height 11-5 inches, diametem ri inches0 1 r , base diamete inchesr4 ; 2-5 inches below

Pig. 1. Funerary Vessels from Wemyss, Fife. (J) (See also Plate XXXVII) 3 ,

the rim is a horizontal moulding from which six or seven oblique raised bars run to the rim; long cuneiform impressions in alter- nately sloping rows decorate the surface above the shoulder (excep oblique tth e bars whic transversele har y nicked) therd ,an e are three similar rows on the steep inner side of the rim. Pre- • sente Captaiy db n WEMYSS, Wemyss Castle, Fife, through James S. Richardson, LL.D., F.S.A.Scot. (20) Flat bronze axe, length 5-65 inches, widt t cuttinha g edge 3-5 inches, widt t butha t 1-5 inch; considerably pitte corrosiony db t bu , having on one side clear traces of narrow, slightly oblique grooves, close-set, due perhaps to hammer finishing. Found in Glengorm, Mull, by the donor's brother. Presented by Miss C. MAC!NTYKE, Spey Cottage, Breadalbane Street, Tobermory. (21) Bronz (PIn epi . XXXVIII , 11-1) , 3 inches long, wit h"sunflowera " head 2-05 inches across, having in the centre a conical boss surrounde sevey db n fine concentric grooves formin ga zon e -22 inch wide, outside which nine dot-and-three-circles decorata e zone -35 inch wide, followed by three more grooves and the slightly raised edge of the disc. Found on the south-west side of Loch Broo mt Loggi a donore th y eb s (Nat. Grid Ref. 28-137906). Presented by BETTY and JOHN MUNRO, Rhiroy, , Ross-shire, throug . CameronG h . MisA . sE , UUapool. 244 PROCEEDING E SOCIETYTH F O S , 1948-49.

(22) Coverstone bearing incised markings and a central perforation, from a very small cis t Redbraa t e Farm, Wigtown, which contained cremated bones. (See Transactions and Natural History Antiquariand an Society, vol. xxvi. (1947-48), pp. 129-32, and vol. xxvii. (1948-49), p. 208.) Presented by JAMES CANNON, Redbrae, Wigtown, throug. ReidC . R ,h F.S.A.Scot. (23) Small vesse verf o l y gritty undecorated pottery outee th , r surface much disintegrated, the rim roughly hollow-bevelled; rim diameter 4-3 inches, height 4 inches, base diameter 3-3 inches. Old label reads: "Found between root f tre so Macdougaly eb l when cutting firewood, Kinvachdrach, Isl Juraf eo , N.B. Shown . AndersoJ o t Edinburgf no h National Museu Canom& n Green- wel f Durhao l pronouncem& boty db h 'Prehistoric,' probably of Bronze Age." Presented by the late Major FREER through Leicester Museum and Art Gallery. (24) Two sherds, one from a "homestead" at Meadshaw Law, Hownam, Roxburghshire othee th , r from Roman For t Oakwooda t , Kirk- hope, Roxburghshire. Presente FEACHEM. W . R y db , F.S.A.Scot. (25) Relics from the excavations at Forse "Wag," , during 1946-48. (See Proceedings, vol vold ,ff. 1 an Ixxx1 ., Ixxxii. pp . . pp. 283-5). Presented by Dr E. H. SINCLAIR, "Nottingham," Latheron, Caithness ,Curie. througO . A , r C.V.O.hD , F.S.A.Scot. (26) Relics from the excavations at Hownam Rings, Morebattle, Rox- burghshire. (See Proceedings, vol ff.. 2 Ixxxii) 21 . Presentepp . d by His Grace THE DUKE OF ROXBTJRGHE, Floors Castle, Kelso. (27) Pottery sherds, portions of two steatite bracelets, and other objects found at Still, , . Presented by the finder, the late WALTER SHEWAN, Still, Fetlar. (28) Fragment fron ur mburn a n a f sto moun t Westerwickda , Shetland. Presented by PETER MOAR, F.S.A.Scot. (See Notes, p. 231.) (29) Sherds, piece of a clay mould, and a rubbing stone, from a fort at Crag, . Presente r WEBSTEM y db d Ran others. (30) Unfinished stone "cup" of steatite, roughly fashioned to form more than hal spherea f , diameter 3-4 inches, wit hprojectina g knob 1-6 inch across, broken; a circular groove about 2 inches in diameter, -5 inch wide, -15 inch deep, has been cut preparatory to hollowing out the cup. Probably from Aberdeenshire. Formerly in the possession of the late Alex. Sangster, Merchant, . Presented by Miss CHRISTIAN SANGSTER, 143 Duthie Terrace, Aberdeen, through Dr W. Douglas Simpson, F.S.A.Scot. (31) Upper quernston beehivf eo e shapbrecciated re f eo d felsite; round DONATION PURCHASED E MUSEUMAN TH O T S5 R 24 FO S.

e centrath l hole remaineth a semicircula f o s r moulding from which seven decorative groove down thef sru sideso e nmth o tw , curving apart to avoid the horizontal hole for the handle. Height 8-2 inches. Probably from Burnfoot Farm, Linton, Roxburgh- shire. Presented by HUGH FRASER, Burnfoot, Linton. (32) Sherds of Roman pottery from excavations in 1946 at Carriden, West Lothian. (See p. 167.) Presented by J. K. S. ST JOSEPH, Ph.D., F.S.A.Scot. (33) Sherd f plai o sd decorativ nan e pottery, als oa perforate d animal femur-head and two pieces of slag, from a kitchen-midden at Galson, Lewis. Small sherds of kitchen-midden pottery found among shell d refusan sn wali e l passage immediately above scarcement level in Borve broch, near Galson, Lewis. Tiny ornamented gold disc from Hill Fort, Midlothian. (Se . p 186.e . STEVENSONK ) . B Presente . R ,y b dM.A. , F.S.A.Scot. (34) Sherd undecoratef so d pottery grass-temperede on , , piec pumicf eo e somd an e fragment animaf o s l bones, fro mlarga e cave, Cleia n t h-Uamha, Loch Tealasavay, Lewis. Presente. P . MisC y db . sD MOULD, B.Sc., Ph.D., Inchnacardoch Lodge, Fort Augustus. (35) Portion of a net-sinker of stone, found near the shore at Sand Wick, , Shetland. Presented by S. POLSON, Murrister, Uyeasound, Shetland. (36) Portions of two unfinished quadrangular vessels of steatite from Cunningsburgh, Shetland .. JOHNSTONI . PresenteL r D y 8 ,db Portland Square, Carlisle. (37) Lead impression of the seal of David Lindsay, second Bishop of Edinburgh (1634-38), oval, 2-95 inches by 2-7 inches, found at Summerfield Mains Farm, near Dunbar. Presentes Mr y b d DAVISON, 82 Carrick Knowe Drive, Edinburgh. braso (38Tw s) shoe-buckle circulaa d san r copper brooch, e founth y db donor while diggin homes hi t ga . Presente JAMEy db S McLEOD, e BungalowTh 2 Achnabourin, , y Kinbraceb , , . (39) Gold ring, outer diameter -85 inch, with pointed oval gold bezel, 1-25 inch by -7 inch, covered with white enamel on which is the monogram "CR", wit hcrowa n abov crossed ean d ferns below, goln undei d l dan al r glass framed with gold bead-work—believed to have been given by Prince Charles Edward to Charles Stewart, son of the 6th Laird of Fasnacloich, who was on the staff of the Prince during the '45. Razor, in case, the tortoise-shell handle havin gsilvea r mounting engraved wit hunicorn'a s head ovea r coronet, and razor strop similarly mounted—said to have belonged 246 PROCEEDING E SOCIETYTH F O S , 1948-49.

Princo t e Charles Edward. Bequeathe e latth e y Majodb r IAN C. STEWART of Fasnacloich. (40) Electrotyp medaf eo Princf o l e Charles Edward Stuart. Presented by WILFRED MARTINDALE, through G. C. B. Poulter, F.S.A.Scot. (41) Apostle spoo tinnef no d latten hora ; n spoon domestix si , c utensils of wood, a candlestick consisting of a spiral ribbon of iron set in a round wooden base, and a wooden collection ladle. Presented by Miss LOUISA MURRAY, F.S.A.Scot. (42) Two ornaments and a snuff-box of shale, made at Clippens, Mid- lothian. Presente Misy db s DICKIE. KM . , F.S.A.Scot. o Edinburg(43Tw ) h halfpenny tokense vase o on oblon tw -d ; an g shaped snuff-boxe woodf o s brasa ; s pin, 2-3 inches long, found below Tantallon Castle; a steatite ring, 3-3 inches in diameter, from ; a horn spoon, a " Table of Tolls " (Edinburgh, 1809) rouna , d brass wafer stamp oblonn a , g glass seal (Children's Employment Commission) woodea d an , n match-box, 2-45 inches by 1-3 inch by -7 inch; two pairs of goffering irons and a three- legged double holder, two smoothing irons and a stone-ware hot- water bottle. Presente RICHARDSON. S . J y db , LL.D., F.S.A.Scot. (44) A lady's hair-comb of tortoise-shell, 74 inches long and 5-5 inches broad. Presente late th e y FRANCESdb , MARCHIONES AILSAF SO , F.S.A.Scot. (45) A farthing trade token (Sanquhar), an Edinburgh advertising token o medaltw (1825) d s an commemoratin, e Royath g l visio t t in 1842. Presented by R. HILL, 12 Pilton Drive North, Edinburgh. (46) Four Communion Tokens. Presente . LOCKIER . J y db , F.S.A.Scot. (47) Cas f Chapteo t r Sea f Dunfermlino l e Abbey o farthintw , g trade tokens (Glasgo d Hamilton wo Communioan tw d an ) n Tokens. . SYMT . ,D Johannesburg. PresenteW r D y db , South Africa. (48) Pai nineteenth-centurf ro y flint-lock pistol Wallacey sb , Edinburgh. Presente McCALLUMs Mr y db Comel4 3 , y Bank, Edinburgh. (49) Linen mutch and embroidered cuffs. Presented by Miss MARGARET ROBERTSON, Drywick, Wendover, Aylesbury, Bucks. (50) Cast-iron three-legged pot, 12-6 inches high. Presented by W. KIRKNESS, F.S.A.Scot. (51) Eight wooden stamps use clotdn i h printing cruea ; t (cf.tse Fleming, "Scottish Pottery, xxxv)L P " a Quee, n Carolinen a plat d ean oval jug, all of Prestonpans ware; a pair of spectacles in a shagreen case, and other objects of domestic use. Presented by J. DuRlE, 20 Cluny Drive, Edinburgh. bicycleo (52e "boneshakerTw th ) f so " type from Galloway. Presented LORy b D DAVID STUART, F.S.A.Scot.

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Purchases. (1) Stone mace-head of cushion type, from Bernera, . (2) Two food-vessels said to be from Loup, near Clachan, West Loch Tarbert, , the one biconical in shape, height 4-5 inches, the other of coarse fabric with S-shaped profile, height 3 -8 inches. (3) Two spindle whorls of Viking type, and other objects of stone, from Northerhouse, Eshaness, Shetland. (4) Groat of James IV, thistle mark (1604) and six-shilling piece (1619) of James VI. (5) Sixteenth-century octagonal brooch of brass with concave sides and a plain kno t eacba h angle, engraved with grotesque animals, imitation Gothic lettering, interlacing and basketwork, and a leaf ornament (PI. XXXVIII, 2) plaia ; df brooco o silvetw f h o d ran brassbordea s whicf pierceha ,f o ro e hon d openwor elaboratd kan e engraved ornament (PI. XXXVIII, 3); decorated powderhorn, two sporrans (one only 5-2 inches by 3-7 inches), and a brass sporran-clasp silveo tw ; r mounted f quaicho e on f woo o sd dan ebony and ivory; two batons, three beggars' badges (Ardrossan, Crieff and Leith), and a clear glass horn-shaped snuff mull. Silver medal inscribed "Presente Edinburge th y db Leitd han h Humane Society to Miss Grace H. Darling for her noble and christian-like conduct rescuinn i , g fro mwatera y e graveth t a , Father'r he d an s n lifeow ,hazar r ninhe ef do person s belongino gt Forfarshire th e Steamer, shipwrecke Feme th n edo Islandsh 7t , September 1838." On the reverse is engraved a representation of the rescue; hallmarked Edinburgh 1837-38 (PI. XXXVIII, 4). (6) Nine beggars' badges of lead (Comrie, Dundee, Dysart, Forfar, Fraserburgh, Keith, Killear nf braso (2) e s on , Leith d an ) (Greenock) x badgesi ; f pewtero s , apparently beggars' badges, engraved with dates, the recipients' names, and in some cases coats of arms or crests— (2), Perth, , Inveraray and Glenorch XXXVIII,L y(P 5-7). (7) Two trade tokens ( penny, Perthshire halfpenny) and a medal commemorating David Livingstone. (8) Silver-gilt medal commemoratin electioe gth Georgf no e Drummond as of Edinburgh for the third time. (9) One hundred and fifty-five medals from the collection of the late B. W. Cochran-Patrick, LL.D., F.S.A.Scot. (PI. XXXIX). These includ ea gol d meda f Jameo l I dateV s d 1590, probably com- memoratin marriags ghi Anno et Denmarf eo k (PI. XXXIX, 2)a ; silver medal of Queen Mary dated 1560, illustrating her claim to Englise th h throne (PI. XXXIX, 1) silvea ; r medal commemorat- 248 PROCEEDING E SOCIETYTH F O S , 1948-49.

ing the opening of the in 1685 (PI. XXXIX, 5); a silver medal similar to the-gold one presented by the Com- pan f Scotlanyo o Captaidt n Alexander Campbel f Finao l r bfo his defeat of the Spaniards at Toubucanti, 15th February 1700, durin Dariee gth n Expedition (PI. XXXIX ,nind 7)an e; other seventeenth-century medals. Amon e eighteenth-centurth g y example e twenty-sevear s n Jacobit d Hanoveriaean n medals, many celebrating Cumberland's victor t Cullodeya XXXIXL n(P , 9-10); three commemorating the brothers Hunter, surgeons and collectors threed an ; , Lord Heathfiel siege th Gibraltarf eo d dan , 1789-92. Sixtee e medalar n s commemorating George IVs visit to Scotland in 1822, and nine Queen Victoria's review of the volunteers in 1860; the remaining nineteenth-century medals were issued by societies and schools or in honour of famous Scotsmen. (10) A dark green glass bottle with curved walls having chipped decora- tio panelsn ni deera , sailina , g ship brancha bira , n do "d Aan , presn Simpsos t Mr fro d mnan r 1875.AlloM o at " (11) A Paisley all-over pattern harness-filled plaid, 11 feet 3 inches by 5 fee inches5 t . (12) A horn-shaped snuff mull of clear cut-glass with a silver rim and hinged lid.

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Donations. (1) The Stone Age Background of Scotland. 1949. (Offprint.) By A. D. Lacaille. Tou Musen u t e dan Pochea sl : Album d'Etud Souvenire d t ee , les Hommes Prehistoriqu t leue r. EstayJ Pays y B . Presented . LACAILLED . A y b . (2) Les Origines de la Civilisation Polonaise: Prehistoire, Protohistoire. 1949. Presente e INSTITUth y db T OCCIDENTAL, Poznan. s Beigabenlos(3Da ) e Grab. Zurich, 1949. (Offprint. y KarB )l Keller-Tarnuzzer. Presente AUTHOEE TH y db . (4) Dinorwig Hill Fort. 1947 Wy .B . Gardner. PresenteE TH y db AUTHOR. (5) Bristol University. Proceeding e Speleeologicath f o s l Society, 1946-48. Presente SOCIETYE TH y db . DONATIONS TO AND PURCHASES FOR THE LIBRARY. 249 Archaeologiste (6Th ) : Journa t AndrewS f lo s University Archaeological Society, No. 1. 1949. (7) Thermen en Castella te Heerlen-Coriovallum. 1948. By Professor Giffen Wd Va .nan A. GlasbergenE . . Inheems Romeinsn ee e Terpen. Opgravinge dropswierde d n ni e et Ezinge en de Romeinse terpen van Utrecht, Valkenburg Z. H. en Vechten. 1949. Oudheidkundige Perspectieve lijspublicatiesn n va tee t nmi . 1947. Een vierperioden-tumulus met primaire Klopbekerheuvel bij Schaaik. 1949. By Professor A. E. Van Giffen. Presented by E AUTHOR,TH . (8) Prehistori Romad can n Remain Flintshiref so ; with short Appendix to the Prehistoric, etc., remains of Denbighshire. 1949. By Ellis Da vies. Presented by THE AUTHOB. (9) Topography of Roman Scotland, North of the Antonine Wall. . CrawfordS . G . O 1949 .y B Presente. AUTHORE TH y db . (10) Classical Impulses in Scandinavian Art from the Migration Period to the Viking Age. 1949. By Professor Haakon Shetelig. Presente AUTHORE TH y db . (11) Yorkshire Celtic Studies . II Transactions. , 1938-39. (Contains e Languag . Th MacNeill.e PictsE th y f b o ,e ) Presentey b d s EDWARDSMr . (12) History of Bute, as it is shown in the exhibits in the Bute Museum. . Marshall 1949MisN y . B sD . . Presente AUTHORE TH y db . (13) Corpus Inscriptionum Insularum Celticarum. Dublin, 1945-49. By Professor R. A. S. Macalister. Presented by THE AUTHOR. (14) Scottish Cathedral Abbeysd san . 1901 Revy .B . Dugald Butler. The Mediaeval Castle in Scotland. 1927. By William Mackay Mackenzie. Early n NortherChurci t Ar h n Europe; with special reference to timber construction and decoration. 1928. By Josef Strzygowski. Celtic Religio pre-Christian i n Times. 1906 Edwary .B d Anwyl. Margaret of Scotland, Queen and Saint: her influence on the Early Church in Scotland. 1926. By T. Ratcliffe Barnett. Cloue Th Witnessef do Royae th r lsfo Prerogativ Jesuf eo s Christ: being the last speeches of those who have suffered for the truth since 1680. 1862. Relique f Ancieno s t Scottish Devotion. 1913 y Rev.B . James Cooper. Journal e Episcopath f o s l Visitation f Robero s t Forbese th f o , diocese f Ros e dioceseo sd Caithnes th san f o f Rosd o sd san san , 1762 and 1770. Edited by J. B. Craven. 1923. 250 PROCEEDING E SOCIETYTH F O S , 1948-49.

e CovenantersTh a Histor: ye Churcoth f n Scotlani h d from e Reformatioth e Revolutionth o t n . 1913 y JameB . s King Hewison. Church Lifn i d RoseSutherland an s . 1915y ColiB . n Macnaughton. Histor e Reformatioth f yo e Sixteentth f o n h Century Jeay B n. Henri Merle D'Aubigne. Religious Lif Rossn ei . Edite . KJ .y dCamerob Maclean. D d nan . 1909Revy B . . John Noble. ScottisLivee th f so h Saints. 1889 Johy B .n Pinkerton. Tradition Covenanterse th f so Revy B . . Robert Simpson. History sufferinge ofth s Churc e ofth Scotlanf ho d fro Restaurae mth - Revolutione tioth o nt . 1721 Revy B . . Robert Wodrow. Famous Scottish : their romantic story. 1923. By George Eyre-Todd. Major Eraser's Manuscript: his adventures, etc., 1696—1737. 1889. By James Eraser. Melrose Abbey, then and now. 1936. By Arthur E. Henderson. Tradition d Storiean s. f Scottiso s h Castles. H . . A 1927 y B . Millar. Tarbert past and present: gleanings in local history. 1886. By Dugald Mitchell. The e LandScottisth f o s h King n Englandi s . 1915 y MisB . s Margaret F. Moore. e HistorTh f Stirlingshireo y d edition3r , . 1880 y WilliaB . m Nimmo. Biggar St Mary's: a medieval College Kirk. 1946. By Rev. Davi . RutherforddS . Stirling Castle s placit : n Scottisi e h History. 1928 y EriB .c Stair-Kerr. The Martyr Graves of Scotland: travels of a country Minister. 1875-77 Revy B .. Joh . ThomsonnH . History of the Old Greyfriars Church, Edinburgh; with chapter on the subscribing of the National Covenant by D. H. Fleming. 1912Williay B . m Moir Bryce. Holyrood AbbeyPalacs s it it : Willia y d B ean . m Moir Bryce. Official Guide Abbey-churchth o et , Palac environd ean f Holyo s - roodhouse. Herberr 1906Si y . MaxwellB .E t . The Story of . 1913. By Louis Weirter. Inverness in the Fifteenth Century. 1906. By Evan Macleod Barren. Wandering e Westerth n i s n Highland d Islands.an s ' 1923y B . M. E. M. Donaldson. DONATION PURCHASED E LIBRARYAN TH O T S1 R 25 FO S .

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Scots Lore, vol , NosI . . 1-7. Glasgow, 1895. Tria Deacof o l n Brodie. 1906 Williay .B m Roughead. Culloden Papers: comprising correspondence, 1625-1748, including letters from Lord Lovat, with memoirs of Duncan Forbes. 1815. Antiquarian Notes seriea : paperf so s regarding familie placed san s e Highlandsith n d edition2n , . 1913 y CharleB . s Fraser- Mackintosh. Scottish Diaries and Memoirs, 1550-1746. 1927. By J. G. Fyfe. Genealog familiee th f yo Douglaf o s f Muldergso Robertsod an , f no Kindace, with their descendants. 1895. Tria Simonf o l , Lord Lovat e '45th .. f Mackay o ,N Edite . D y d.b 1911. The Old Lords of Lovat and Beaufort. 1934. By Rev. Archibald Macdonald. Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat: his life and times. 1908. By William C. Mackenzie. History of the Frasers of Lovat. 1896. History of the Mathesons. 1900. Histor Mackenziese th f yo . 1894. History of the Munros of Fowlis. 1898. Alexandey B r Mackenzie. My Schools and Schoolmasters. 1889. By Hugh Miller. Reminiscence Clachnacuddia f so n nonagenarian. Inverness, 1886. Additional remarks upon the question of or Rusky representation, etc. 1835 Johy B . n Riddell. Histor Clae th nf y o Ross . 1932 Alexandey .B Ross. M r . Historical Memoir e Housth d Claf o sean f Mackintos no f o d han the Clan Chattan. 1880. By Alexander M. Shaw. Sir Thomas Urquhart of Cromartie, Knight. 1899. By John Willcock. Celtic Law "Senchue th : "Boose Morth d Aigill,e f ko "th an d "an traces of an early Gaelic system of law in Scotland. 1937. By John Cameron. Deirdire, and the Lay of the Children of Uisne. 1905. Carmina Gadelica: Hymn d Incantationsan s . 1928—41y B . Alexander Carmichael. The Celtic Review, vols. i-x. 1904-10. Monumenta Historica Celtica; notices of the Celts in the writings of Greee th Latid kan n Authors. . Dinan1911W y B . . Song Poem d Gaelie san th n si c language. Donnb 1899Ro .y B . Gaelic Names of Beasts, Birds, Fishes, Insects, Reptiles, etc. 1905. By Alexander R. Forbes. DONATIONS TO AND PURCHASES FOR THE LIBRARY. 253

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(31) The Scots Household in the eighteenth Century. 1948. By Miss Marion Lochhead. Presented by THE AUTHOR. (32) Black Tournai Fonts in England: group of seven late Norman Fonts from Belgium. 1909 Ceciy .B . Eden H l . Presentey db Em.-Professo . STEVENSONB . W r . (33) Treen, or Small Woodware through the Ages. 1949. By Edward H. Pinto. Presented by THE AUTHOR. (34) Exhibition of Old Highland Tartans. 1949. By J. Telfer Dunbar. Presented by THE AUTHOR. (35) The Paisley Shawl. 1949. By Miss Dorothy White. Presented e NATIONAth y b L ASSOCIATIO SCOTTISF O N H WOOLLEN MANU- FACTURERS. (36) Scottish Ring f Bellso s . 1949 . y CloustonRanal.M B . W d . Presente AUTHORE TH y db . Sandvigske (37Di ) e Samlinger: Arbok, 1931-46. LiUehammer, 1948. Sigury B d Grieg. Presente AUTHORE TH y db . (38) Danish Collection Guides: Middle Ages and thereafter to 1750. Copenhagen, 1940. (Copenhagen National Museum); The Cannon Hall. Copenhagen, 1948. (Royal Danish Arsenal Museum); Landbygningsmuseet fynskn de : e Landsby. Odense, 1946. Den Gamle Landsby: billede a Frilansmuseetfr r . Kobenhavn, 1944. By Kai Uldall. Presente y STUARdb T MAXWELL. (39) Handboo Huntlo kt y House Museum. 1948. Handbook to Lady Stair's House. 1949. Presente CURATORE TH y db , Edinburgh Public Libraries. (40) Verulamium Museum and its Collections. 1938. (Offprint, St Albans and Hertfordshire Society Transactions.) Archaeological News Letter, 1948-49. Proceeding e Scottisth f o s h Anthropologica Folklord an l e Society, vol. iv. No. 1. 1949. Gladstone's Land Edinburgd :ol storn a f yo h House. 1948y .B Robert Hurd. Interim Repor Excavatione th f o t f 193so t Milbe7a r Down Camp. By Frank Cottrill. The BurreU CoUection Exhibition. (Catalogue 1949.) Royal Stuart Exhibition, Bute House. (Catalogue 1949.) Presented by R. B. K. STEVENSON. (41) Dunblane Cathedral, vol . par.v . 3 tPresente SOCIETE TH y Ydb OF FRIENDS OF DUNBLANE CATHEDRAL. (42) Reports of the National Trust for Scotland: 1934-35, 1938-48. Presented by the NATIONAL TRUST FOR SCOTLAND. 256 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY, 1948-49.

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MEETING E SOCIETYTH F O S . Monday, 13th December 1948 BIGHE TH , T HON EARE HADDINGTON.F TH LO , M.C., T.D., in the Chair. A Ballot having been taken, the following were elected Fellows: The Rt. Hon. The Earl Cawdor; Miss D. M. Hunter; Rev. Robert G. Legge, B.D.; David Mackie, L.R.A.M., F.T.C.L., M.R.S.T.; Captain lain Moncreiff f Easteo e r Moncreiffe . RitchieR . P ; . The following Communications were read:— I. Two recent discoveries from the air: the Roman Forts at Carriden and Brownhart Law, by J. K. S. ST JOSEPH, M.A., Ph.D., F.G.S., F.S.A., F.S.A.Scot. . ExcavationII t Greencraiga s , Fife y Professob , . BERSUG r , Hon.F.S.A., Hon.F.S.A.Scot. Monday, 10th January . 1949DAVIDSONM . J , , O.B.E., F.C.I.S., F.S.A., in the Chair. A Ballot having been taken followine th , g were elected Fellows: Allan Aitken; James Barton; John Livingston Blair, M.A.; A. T. B. Dickson, O.B.E., T.D., M.B., Ch.B.; Rev . Crouthe.T r Gordon, Ph.D.; Captain Niall Gordon MacDiarmaid- Gordon; Major H. P. E. Pereira; John Ernest Ward, M.A.(Oxon.). The following Communication was read:— Excavation of Iron-Age Hill Fort at Hownam Rings, Morebattle, Roxburgh- shire, by Mrs C. M. PIGGOTT, F.S.A., F.S.A.Scot.

Monday, 14th February 1949, JAMES S. RICHARDSON, LL.D., in the Chair. A Ballot having been taken followine th , g were elected Fellows Mose Th t: Hon. The Marchioness of Aberdeen and Teniair; James Whyte Leitch Adams, M.A., B.A.(Oxon.); Arthur Dudley Campbell Mackay, J.P.; Rev. . FarrerWW . , L.Th.. GordonA . C ; ; Donald MacLeod, M.A.; Arthur James Turner, M.B.E. followine Th g Communications were read:— I. The Neolithic Pottery Kilns at Eilean an Tighe, North Uist; and Chambee Th . II r Tom f Univalbo , Nort . LINDSAW hr Si Uist Yy b SCOTT, , K.B.E., D.S.C., M.A., F.S.A., F.S.A.Scot. Monday, 14th March 1949, JAME . RICHARDSONSS , LL.D. e Chairth n i , . A Ballot having been taken, the following were elected Fellows: C. N. Ascherson; Douglas Geary, F.V.I., F.N.S., M.R.S.L. . KirkwoodB . J ; ; Christophe . SmithrA , A.C.I.S. followine Th g Communicatio read:s nwa — Final Repor Excavationn o t t Cairnpappla s e Hill, Torphichen Professoy b , r S. PIGGOTT, B.Litt., F.S.A., F.S.A.Scot. MEETINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 259

Monday, llth April 1949, ALEXANDE . CURLEO R , C.V.O., LL.D., F.S.A., in the Chair. A Ballot having been taken followine th , g were elected Fellows: Willia. mA Anderson, M.A. Nessis Birrellw Mr Elizabet;s eDo Mr ; L. h.C McKersie. The following Communications were read:— t Forsea g :Wa e EarlieTh . I r Occupation Sitee th ALBXy b ,n so . CUBLE O . , C.V.O., LL.D., F.S.A., F.S.A.Scot. e RomaTh . nII Roa o Raeburnfoott d y ANGUb , S GRAHAM, M.A., F.S.A., F.S.A.Scot.

Monday, Qth May 1949, JAMES S. RICHARDSON, LL.D., in the Chair. A Ballot having been taken, the following were elected Fellows: James Archibald Gill, M.B.E.; Commander The Mackinnon of Mackinnon, O.B.E., R.N.; Duncan Shaw. The following Communications were read:— I. Cairnbulg Castle, Aberdeenshire, by W. DOUGLAS SIMPSON, M.A., D.Litt., F.S.A., F.S.A.Scot. Lagaidn Du foud . han II r other prehistoric monuments near Ullapooly b , . CALDERT . CS . , A.R.I.A.S., F.S.A.Scot. . STEERA . K , d M.A.an , , Ph.D., F.S.A., F.S.A.Scot.

MINUTES OF THE ANNIVERSARY MEETING OF THE SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF SCOTLAN DLIBRARE HELTH N WEDNESDAYDI N YO , 30th November 1949, AT 4 P.M. THE BIGHT HON. THE EARL OF HADDINGTON, M.C., T.D., PRESIDENT CHAIRE TH N .I ,

The Minute lase th t f Meetinso g were reaapprovedd dan . . FeacheBr . W .DobiM R . d MM mrean were appointed Scrutineerf so the Ballot for Office-Bearers. The Ballot having been concluded, the Scrutineers found and declared Councie ensuine Lise th th f th o r t follows:s fo la g e yeab o rt —

President. e RighTh t EARE Hon HADDINGTONF TH LO . , M.C., T.D.

Vice-Presidents. Sir DAVID RUSSELL, LL.D. . DOUGLAW S SIMPSON, M.A., D.Litt., F.S.A. WILLIAM ANGUS, LL.D. VOL. LXXXIII. 17* 260 PROCEEDING E SOCIETYTH F O S , 1948-49.

Councillors. Lady WATSON, M.B., Ch.B. 1 ,. ,, j,.^, . ALEXANDER MAITLAND, K.C., D.L. } D Sepreaenh-ng th eD Board of Trustees. Professor STUABT PIGGOTT, B.Litt., ROBER . HTJNTEBTL . F.S.A. KENNET . A STEERH , M.A., Ph.D., FREDERICK A. FERGTJSON. F.S.A. Professor J. DUNCAN MACKIE, C.B.E., JAMES DAVIDSON, M.B., Ch.B., M.C., M.A. F.R.C.P.E. CHAKLE . CALDEBT . SS , A.R.I.A.S. STEWART H. CRUDEN, A.R.I.B.A. ROBERT C. REID.

Secretaries. ANGUS GRAHAM, M.A., F.S.A. J. M. DAVIDSON, O.B.E., F.C.I.S., F.S.A. For Foreign Correspondence. Professor W. M. CALDEB, M.A., LL.D., Miss ANNE S. ROBEETSON, M.A. F.B.A.

Treasurer. JAMES J. LAMB, M.A., LL.B., W.S.

Curators Museum.the of JAMES S. RICHARDSON, LL.D. IA . RICHMONDNA , M.A., LL.D., F.B.A., F.S.A. Curator of Coins. ROBERT KERR, M.A.

Librarian. . DKUMMONDH . J . H , M.A.

A Ballot having been taken, the following were elected Fellows: William Glen Aitken, D.A., Catherine Bank, Ardbeg Road, Rothesay; David Carr Baird, 5 Bruntsfield Gardens, Edinburgh; William Bremner, B.E.M., Glencairn, Stroma, Caithness; Rev. Thomas Caldwell, D.D., Ph.D. Mansee ,Th , Aberlady . LothianE , ; James E. Carruthers, M.A., 51 Spottiswoode Road, Edinburgh; Howard W. Durnell, F.B.S.A. Nooke Torquad ,Th Ol , y Road, Paignton, Devon; Rev. Ambrose S. Else, F.R.G.S., M.R.S.L., 26 Clark Avenue, Edinburgh, 5; Rev. Henry R. M. Fraser, The Manse, , Orkney; Mrs Enid Grant, B.A. (Hons.) London, 19 Falcon Road West, Edinburgh; Robert Stewart Hastie Fergu6 14 , s Drive, North Kelvinside, Glasgow, N.W.; lan Robertson Lilburn, Coull House, Coull, Aboyne, Aberdeenshire; George Maclean, F.R.M.S., 70 Hermitage Avenue, Glasgow, W. 3; Miss Morva Patricia K. MacLeod, Seafield, Strathpeffer, Ross; Mrs Margaret W. MacNeill, M.A. McLare5 , n Road, Edinburgh; Miss France . MelvillesH , O.B.E., LL.D. Merchisto1 1 , n Bank Gardens, Edinburgh; Peter Moar Thorfin4 , n Street, Lerwick; Miss Jessie Wallace Ogilvie, B.Sc., M.D., D.P.H., Barloch, Milngavie, ; Jack Gillespie Scott, B.A., 12 Grosvenor Terrace, Glasgow, W. 2; William Shand, Solicitor, Devon House, Crook of Devon, Kinross; Frederick ANNUAL REPORT. 261

William Strange, F.R.E.S., 122 Lexham Gardens, Kensington, London, W. 8; James Whitton, t C.A.ColmS 3 , e Street, Edinburgh; Captain Edwin Durno Wilson, A.B., B.S., 4700 Maryland Avenue, Everett, Washington, U.S.A.

The Assistant Secretary rea e followindth g Lis f Membero t s deceased during the year 1948-49:— Fellows. Elected. The Most Hon. The Marchioness of Aberdeen and Temair, Braehead, Bridge of Don, by Aberdeen ...... 1949 Colonel H. C. Agnew, Bonjedward House, Jedburgh .... 1938 The Most Hon. The Dowager Marchioness of Ailsa, Culzean Castle, Maybole ...... 1933 Miss Elizabeth H. M. Allan, M.A., Hessilden, Meikleriggs, Paisley . . 1939 *His Grace The Duke of Argyll, Inveraray Castle, Argyll . . .1918 Rev. John Kirkland Cameron, J.P., East Mains, Auchterhouse, Angu . 193s 0 Miss Ell . ChristieaR , Cowden Castle, Dollar ...... 1901 George Crichton, 6 Duncan Street, Edinburgh, 9 . . . . . 1931 William K. Dickson, LL.D. Glouceste8 , r Place . , 189Edinburgh . 5 3 , Colonel Alan M. Duncan, T.D., 408 Albert Drive, Glasgow, S.I . . 1937 Rev. William Dunlop, M.A., Factory Cottage, Randolph Street, Buckhaven, Fife ...... 1923 . GalbraithJ . *J , M.D., D.P.H. Par4 , k. 192Street . 9, Dingwa . U *Sir Hugh S. Gladstone, M.A., F.R.S.E., Capenoch, Penpont, Dumfries.- shire ...... 1912 . HendersonDG . , Winterdyne, Wick, Caithness ..... 1943 Dr W. J. Leach, Eileandonan, Beauly, Ross-shire ..... 1934 Henry Lachlan Macdonald, of Dunach, Dunach, Oban, Argyll . . 1929 George Mackay, M.D., F.R.C.S.E., 9 Belford Avenue, Edinburgh, 3 . 1908 Hector Hugh Mackenzie, J.P., "Ballone," 37 Buckstone Terrace, Edinburgh, 10 ...... 1919 . MackintoshB . H , M.B.E., Redhythe, Elgin ...... 1913 Rev. Mclntosh Mowat, B.L., Campsie Manse, Campsie Glen, Glasgow . . 1941 Charles Stewart Murray, 8 Hillview, Blackball, Edinburgh . . . 1933 Richard F. Patterson, M.A., D.Litt., Graham's Dyke, Bearsden, Dun- bartonshire ...... 1925 Rev. Francis W. Peverelle, Musgrove, New Road, Ferndown, Hampreston, Dorset ...... 1942 Francis J. Robertson, J.P., 11 Hailes Terrace, Edinburgh, 11 . . . 1938 *Colonel Charles Louis Spencer, C.B.E., D.S.O., Warmanbie, by Annan, Dumfriesshire ...... 1910 James Tait, Masonic House, Alma, Michigan, U.S.A. .... 1933 George Mackie Watson, F.R.I.B.A. Eas7 1 , t Claremont Street, Edinburgh 1 , 1924 John White, 18A Arthur Street, Edinburgh, 6 ..... 1939

The Secretary read the following Report by the Council on the affairs of the Society:—

The Council herewith submit Fellowe Societe th th o st f o s Repor yit t yeae foth r r ending 30th November 1949. 262 PROCEEDING E SOCIETYTH F O S , 1948-49.

Fellowship.—The total number of Fellows on the roll at 30th November 1948 was ...... 852 At 30th November 1949 the number was . . . .879

bein increasn ga f eo ....7 2 . The number of new Fellows added to the roll during the year was 61, while 28 died, 9 resigned, and 6 allowed their membership to lapse. There Honorar4 1 e ar y Fellows Correspondin7 , g Member Lad1 d y san Associate . numbee Th f librarieo r s which subscrib Society'e th o et s Proceedings, 46 s i and there are 168 Societies and Institutions, British, Colonial and Foreign, oexchangn na e basis. Proceedings.—Volumes LXX LXXXd Xyeare an th r s Ifo 1945-4 d 6an 1946-47 covee bounon rn di wer e issue Fellowo dt Aprin si l 1949thin I s. double volume there was printed a notice stating that for reasons of economy intendes wa t i issuo dt e succeeding volume papen si r covers Councie Th . l sincs ha e reviewe situatioe dth hoped possible b nan y s thamako ema t t i t e arrangement a modifie r fo s d for f bindinmo o effect d a savint gan n gi illustration costs, without sacrific qualityf eo . Volume LXXXII (1947-48) is in the hands of the printer, and should be ready by the Spring of 1950, the period since the publication of the preceding volume being thus shortened to one year. Its contents will includ papere9 archaeologican so paper6 d historican lan s o miscellaneoud lan s subjects. General Index.—Preparations were beginnine madth t secone ea th f go d continuinr worlfo r dwa indee Proceedingse gth th f xo from volume XLIX laie b d onwards o t asideCounciwore e d th Th kt ha . glas bu i ,l reporo dt t tha completioe th t thif no s index ,includind dowan o nt g volume LXXXI, is being undertaken by Mr Marryat B. Dobie, F.S.A.Scot., Librarian of the National Librar Scotlandf yo . The Museum. Three members of the Standing Commission on Museums and Galleries paid a visit of inspection to the Museum in June, and were received by the President. It is gratifying that in their report they referred approvingl e post-Wath o yt r rearrangemen e gallerieth f d o t an s reported sympathetically on the various needs for development. The outstanding accessio Museue th o nt m durin yeareceivee s gth rwa d on "permanent loan" from the Scottish United Services Museum Edinburgn i h Castle t consistI greate.e th f so rremarke parth f o t - able collectio f Highlanno d weapon d adornmentan s s formey b d Mr . NColvilleR . , F.S.A.Scot. pistols0 5 Ther e 1 dirks7 ar e, , 3 26 ANNUAL REPORT.

daggers and swords, 11 targes and a buckler, and numerous sporrans, powder-horns and brooches. A special exhibition of all these was held during the Edinburgh Festival. Unfortunately owing to our very restricted space only a selection can be permanently shown. numbee Th itemf ro s adde donatioy db bequesr no slightls wa t y larger than in the previous year (349, excluding flints), but there was less of particular note. These accessions came from 49 different sources interestins i t i d thesan f o g 8 tha e2 fros case n througr ti mwa o t si h a Felloe Societth f wo y (other tha e Museunth m staff) thae th t accession came. As is usual several collections of prehistoric objects came from excava- tions undertaken by Fellows: the relics from Dr A. O. Curie's exploratio Forsf no e Wag, Caithness, being . presenteHE . r D y db Sinclair; those from Professor Piggott's wor t Cairnpapplka e Hill, West Lothian, by the Ministry of Works; and those from that of Mrs Piggott at Hownam Rings, Roxburghshire, by His Grace The Duke of Roxburghe. Three collections of flints were received, one being the very important series of microliths formed over many years by the late Miss Hilda M. L. Paterson, F.S.A.Scot., and familiar from publicatio r Proceedings.ou n ni Food-vesseA d an l a Cinerar unusuaf o n yUr l character were among four Bronze-Age vessels, probably from Wemyss, which were gifte y Captaib d n Wemyss through Dr J. S. Richardson, F.S.A.Scot. What appears to be a Late Beaker, found in Orkney during the war, was secured by Dr H. Marwick, F.S.A.Scot. An enigmatic impressio seae leaDavif th n ni o l f do d Lindsay, second bisho f Edinburghpo s beeha , n presente Davisons Mr y db , whilea numbe f Jacobito r e relics, long deposite n loano d , have been bequeathe e latth e . y Stewarb MajoC d . I f Fasnacloichro t . Attention may also be drawn to the fact that the Museum is accept- increasing in g number e smalth f lo s object dailn i s y domestie cus in the quite recent past, particularly of kinds that collectors do not think worth preserving. neee thesn Th di eSpeciar timeou r sfo l Purchase Fun y borns db i t eou the sale of the well-known collection of Scottish medals that belonged to the late R. W. Cochran-Patrick, F.S.A.Scot., from which we have acquired 155 items, some of great rarity. The most notable is a gold medal celebrating the marriage of James VI in 1590. Particular mention must als e madob f severao e l other medals: one is a jetton of Mary Queen of Scots with a coat of arms indicating her claim to the English throne, another commemorates the opening Scottise oth f h Parliamen 1685n i t , whil ethira d bear arme sth f so 264 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY, 1948-49.

the "Darien Company" and the scene of the storming of Toubucanti in 1700. Jacobit Hanoveriad ean n medal alse ar so largely repre- sented besides those more recent ones struck for schools and institutions. object5 5 e sSomth purchasef o e d wit e annuath h l Government grant are also of considerable interest, such as an unusually fine, large plaid-brooch of seventeenth-century date, and another copper engraved brooch whic lighs hha t projecting probablpoints i d san y a century earlier. There may also be mentioned particularly a collection of Beggars' Badges and a silver medal presented by the Edinburgh and Leith Humane Society to Grace Darling. An exhibitio r photographai f no fortnigha hels r sdwa fo Decemben i t r courtesy b r Fellot JosepS ou r f d Kodawyo D h an k s Ltdi t I . hoped that temporary exhibitions will becom a emor e regular feature herwild ean l attrac publice th t . A notable increase in organised school visits is taking place, as a result of the appointment by Edinburgh Corporation of a teacher as Museums Officer to take advantage of the facilities available in the city.

Guide Book.—The Museue guidth o s et bee mha n entirely rewritten and has just been published under the title A Short Guide to Scottish Antiquities, price Is. The main galleries of the Museum have been made more serviceable systew ne electrif ma o y b c lighting buildine th d alss an ,g ha o been extensively redecorated.

Library.—172 volumes have been added to the library by donation, of which more than half come fro collectioe mth . GalbraithJ n. latJ e or feth D , F.S.A.Scot., and have been presented by his sons. Fifty-four volumes have been purchased during the year, in addition to series subscribed to. Followin transfee gth manf o r ybefor wa manuscript e eth recordd san s to the National Library and H.M. Register House, the Council has felt that some of the older possessions of the library and a number of foreign periodicals wer longeo en r suitee specializeth o dt d purpos e libraryth f eo , and that many would be more accessible and useful to scholars if trans- ferred elsewhere. Wit e authorithth e Boarth f f Trusteeso o yd , 1506 items have accordingly been divided between the National Library of Scotland, the four Scottish Universities, London University, the British Museum Library Royae th , l Societ f Edinburgyo e Royath d l han Colleg e of Surgeons, Edinburgh. 5 26 ANNUAL REPORT.

Excavations.— e course yeaInth th rf o eexcavation s were undertaken, wholly or partly on behalf of the Society, as follows:—

(1) By Professor S. Piggott at Cairnholy, . Piggot. M . C t Hayhop a ts Mr y (2B e) Knowe, Roxburghshire. Wr . AndersonA .M y (3B ) , Paisley t Bochastlea , , Callander. Charler . M Calde T y (4. B sS )t variou ra s site Scotlandn si . (5) By Dr James S. Richardson at Colstoun, East Lothian. Funds were made available for student labour and other expenses. The Society was also instrumental, along with the Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society, in promoting excava- tions, by Mr C. A. Ralegh Radford, F.S.A., at Whithorn Priory and on the Isle of Whithorn. Rhind Lectureship.—Two series of lectures were delivered during the yeare firsTh t . serie s delivere r Jamewa s M . Richardsony S sdb , LL.D., late Inspector of Ancient Monuments, his subject being "The Mediseval Stone Carver in Scotland." The other series was delivered by Sir Cyril Fox, D.Litt., F.B.A., F.S.A., late Director of the National Museum of Wales, on "Regional House-Styles: their origins and development: recent studies in South Wales." In 1950 the lecturer will be Miss I. F. Grant. She will be followed in 195 Wheeler. Professoy 1b M . E . ,R r M.C., D.Litt., F.B.A., an 195n di 2y b Professor Bernard Ashmole, M.C., B.Litt., Hon.A.R.I.B.A., F.B.A. Gunning Fellowship.—The Fellowship for 1949 was divided between . . StevensoMaxwellS K r . B M M . d R r. nan Chalmers-Jervise Prize.—This priz s advertiseewa Marcn di h 1949t ,bu no award has been made. Films.—-By the generosity of two Fellows of the Society, Mr William Kirkness and Mr David Wilson, the Society has become the possessor of three reel f filo sm relatin o investigationgt e Knath f Howart po a s e th , Knowe of Rowiegar and Broch of Mid Howe, all in Orkney. It is hoped to exhibit these films in the Society's rooms during the Spring of 1950. This Report was unanimously approved on the motion of the Chairman, . ArbuckleF . secondeW r M . y db The Treasurer mad estatemena t regardin Accounte gth Societe th f so y for the year 1948-49, and a hearty vote of thanks was accorded to him on the motion of Dr John Allan.