AGM & SPRING CONFERENCE Saturday, 4th May 2024The Links HotelMid Links, Montrose, DD10 8RL The Society’s Spring Conference will take place on Saturday, 4th May 2024, from 11:30 – 16:30, at the Links Hotel in Montrose. Speakers will include David Orr, … Continue reading “SPNS AGM & SPRING CONFERENCE 2024 – 4TH MAY 2024 – THE LINKS HOTEL, MONTROSE” →
An annual prize of £500 is offered by the Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society (DGNHAS) to the winning author of an original research paper on a human or natural history topic relating to Dumfriesshire and Galloway. Entries … Continue reading “DGNHAS Truckell Prize” →
SPNS / SNSBI JOINT AUTUMN CONFERENCE Saturday, 4th November 2023Online – via Zoom The Society’s 2023 Autumn Conference will take place on Saturday, 4th November 2023, online – via Zoom. We are very pleased to announce that this year’s autumn … Continue reading “SPNS / SNSBI Joint Autumn Conference – 4th November 2023 – Online, via Zoom” →
SPRING CONFERENCE Saturday, 13th May 2023William Elder Building56-58 Castlegate, Berwick-Upon-Tweed, TD15 1JT PLEASE NOTE, RAIL STRIKES ON 13TH MAY 2023 MAY AFFECT THOSE TRAVELLING TO THE CONFERENCE BY TRAIN. PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION. The Society’s 2023 AGM & … Continue reading “SPNS AGM & SPRING CONFERENCE 2023 – 13th May 2023 – William Elder Building, Berwick-Upon-Tweed” →
Comann Rìoghail Ceilteach Royal Celtic Society http://www.royalcelticsociety.scot On Thursday the 3rd of November at 7:30pm (GMT/UTC) Michael Ansell will present “Revealing the Gaelic mountain-names of the Galloway Highlands” an unravelling of the underlying Gaelic landscape in Galloway. Synopsis: Galloway resembles parts … Continue reading “Lecture – Michael Ansell – “Revealing the Gaelic mountain-names of the Galloway Highlands”” →
A short video about place-names of Northern Brittonic origin in Scotland. Produced at the University of Glasgow by Nigel Hutchins and Alexander Moss at the University of Glasgow’s Media Team. Featuring Dr Alasdair C. Whyte, Dr Sofia Evemalm-Graham and Dr … Continue reading “Scottish place-names: Northern Brittonic” →
The notes from Richard Cox’s talk on The Settlement Names of Lewis: Challenges in the reconstruction of Old Norse forms are now available to download. Please CLICK HERE to download the notes.
