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Newsletter 98
98
2020
Newsletter 97
97
2020
Newsletter 96
96
2020
Newsletter 94
94
2020
Newsletter 93
93
2019

Conon PAS AGM Conon *93.10-11

JB—— ‘Sponsor a Pictish stone’  *93.10-11 [lifting Conon]

93.1-2 PAS AGM

Newsletter 92
92
2019

Conon Easter Ross

Conon, new find  *92.4-5

JB—— ‘An exciting new discovery in Easter Ross’ *92.4-5

THOMPSON, Barbara  ‘Archaeology Scotland summer school’  92.6-8

BOURKE, Cormac  ‘The Loch Sheil bell’ *92.5

Lines, Marianna

Newsletter 91
91
2019

Meigle 1  *91.5

GC—— ‘Back to front, or front to rear?’ 91.7-8

ER—— ‘Pilgrims fron Pictland? Meigle 1’  *91.5-6

BRECHIN MUSEUM LECTURERS Gordon Noble 91.1-2;  James Bruhn 91.2-3; Adrian Maldonado 91.3-4; Kelly Kilpatrick 91.4-5

Lines, Marianna  *52.8; obit * 87.7; personal memoir 88.6-9; *88.12; 91.6-7, 92.3


Newsletter 89
90
2018

Dyce, new find *89.7

Ulbster  *89.10

PAS AGM 2018  89.1

BML 2018-19 John Borland 89.11-12

MISC ‘PAS supports Aberdeen University undergrads’ venture’ *89.8-9 [interpretation boards at Strathnaver]

Newsletter 90
90
2019

Fowlis Wester 2  *76.10-11: *90.11-12

Meigle 2  *36.3; *90.13

COLEMAN, Sarah Louise  ‘Ecclesiastics on Pictish sculpted stones: reflection of reality or symbolic constructs?’  I 80.3-5, II *83.7-10, III *90.10-16

McKAY, Jennifer  ‘The Picts reached Spain (apparently)’ *90.9-10 [*90.16 for added note D Henry]

PUBLICATIONS KURZAWA, Frédéric  À l’Origine de l’Écosse: les Pictes  *90.8

BML Ali Cameron *90.7

MISCELLANEOUS ‘PAS Archive finds a new home’ [at Angus Archives] *90.8

Newsletter 88
88
2018

Tulloch, Perth  *88.10

Caithness Horizons and Visitor Centre, Thurso, more stones 88.3-4

Lines, Marianna   personal memoir 88.6-9; *88.12

Newsletter 87
87
2018

Forteviot, McGovern sculpture,  *87.8-9

Mugdrum *87.5

BML Cynthia Thickpenny *87.1-2; Kirsty Dingwall 87.2-3; Megan Kasten *87.3-4, Jane Geddes 87.4-5

Wemyss Caves community festival 2018’ *87.4-5

Henery, Bob, obit 87.6

Newsletter 86
86
2018

Abercrombie  *86.10

Forteviot, McGovern sculpture, *86.5

Portsoy pebble  *86.12

Skeith  *86.10

GC—— ‘Colour my world (Pictish style)’  86.6

Ron Dutton—— ‘Red, Gold and Blue’  86.6-9

RITCHIE, Anna  —— ‘A footnote on frowning Picts’ *86.12

BML David McGovern *86.4-5; James Bruhn 86.5-6

MISC  ‘“I don’t do tears. I come from Dundee.”’ [Andrew Marr] *86.11 David Henry

Newsletter 85
85
2017

DAVIDSON, Flora —— ‘Colour my world; comments’ 85.12

RD —— ‘Colourful Picts: a Chromatic fantasy?’  85.9

AGM 2017  85.6-7

BML 2017-18 Jamie Humble *85.7-9

LINES, Marianna  —— ‘Colour me pink’ comments 85.12

Newsletter 84
84
2017

Aberlemno  *84.9 half coloured

Knocknagael  *84.8 half coloured

St Madoes  *84.8 coloured

Skeith  *84.3

Weem  *84.5

JB —— ‘A new triple cross at Weem’  *84.5

GC —— ‘Colour my world (Pictish style)’ *84.6-12

RD —— ‘Quadrangular bells’  *84.13-16

AGM  2016  84.3-4

Newsletter 83
83
2017

Aldbar  *83.9-10

St Vigeans 11 *83.7-9

COLEMAN, Sarah Louise  ‘Ecclesiastics on Pictish sculpted stones: reflection of reality or symbolic constructs?’  II *83.7-10

GEDDES, Brigitte  ‘Re-evaluation of Jackson’s theories on Sueno’s Stone’  83.3-5

BML Neil McGuigan 83.1; Sophie Nicol 83.2-3

Newsletter 82
82
2017

Strathpeffer *82.3

BML Alex Woolf  82.3-5; Adrian Maldonado 82.5-6

GC ——‘Pictish treasures on the small screen’ 82.7

GC —— ‘SWACS@30’ 82.7-8

Newsletter 81
81
2016

Arndilly *81.7

Kintradwell 1  *81.7

Kirriemuir 18  *81.1

Flora D ——‘The mirror-case mystery’  *81.6-7

BML 2016-17 Norman Atkinson  *81.1-2

‘The biggest beastie?’  Bill Stephens *81.8

CRUICKSHANK, Graeme  ‘Celts Exhibition at NMS’ *81.10-12

‘Pictish event at Aberlemno’ Hugh Coleman  *81.9

‘Pictish penannular brooch found in Fife’ *81.9

PEOPLE [*photo of person] Atkinson, Norman  *81.9

Newsletter 80
80
2016

COLEMAN, Sarah Louise  ‘Ecclesiastics on Pictish sculpted stones: reflection of reality or symbolic constructs?’ I 80.3-5

BML David Strachan  80.5-6

‘A new Forteviot cross’ [David McGovern sculpture]  *80.8

Mack, Alistair, obit *80.7-8

Newsletter 79
79
2015

Camuston  *79.4

Aldbar

Invermay

Kirriemuir 1

Invermay

ER ——  ‘And another Strider?’  *79.1

BML John Sherriff 79.2-3; Kelly Kilpatrick  *79.3-6

Nicolaisen, Bill, obit *79.8

Thomas, Anthony, obit *79.6-8

Newsletter 78
78
2015

Dyce 2

East Wemyss, Doo cave

Forteviot 1 and 3

JB——  ‘An incised cross slab at Fowlis Wester’

BML Joanna Hambly  78.1-3; Rebecca Jones  78.3-5; Martin Goldberg  *78.5-7;

‘Cradle of Scotland’ exhibition Elspeth Reid *78.

Newsletter 77
77
2015

Farnell

Meigle 25

PAS AGM

BML  David Henry

Newsletter 76
76
2015

Brodie (Rodney’s Stone), windbreak

Collieburn

Fowlis Wester 2

Glamis 1

Govan stones

Inchbrayock 1

Strathfillan, Kirkton burial ground

JB — New information panel at Kirkton, Strathfillan’

JB –—‘The use of pellet decoration within key pattern – a new example of this rare ornament’

ER –—‘Little and Large on Glamis 1, Hunter’s Hill’

FRASER, Shannon  —— ‘Rodney’s Stone, Brodie Castle: a lifetime expressed in new music’

STEPHENS, Bill  — ‘15th International Congress of Celtic Studies’

Collieburn

Newsletter 75
75
2015

Ballintomb

Eassie, inspiration from

Finlarig

Glamis 3-6

Inverallan

Kirriemuir 2

Norman A——  ‘Glamis sculptural fragments’

ER ——  ‘Another Strider’ [Glamis 4]

BML Spring 2015 Ja ne Geddes  75.1-3; Tasha Gefreh  75.4-5; Cynthia Thickpenny  75.5-7

MacTavish, Sheila  *75.  [farewell]

Newsletter 74
74
2015

Aldbar

Inverkeithing, lost

Meigle 26

Ron D —— ‘Can you believe it?’[Columa/Loch Ness]

ER ——  ‘Four legs good, eight legs better’ [Aldbar]

STEPHENS, Bill  ‘“Some narrow passes in the midst of inaccessible mountains”’

STRACHAN, David & SNEDDON, David  ‘The Glenshee Archaeology Project and Pitcarmick longhouse excavations’ [at Lair]

FOSTER, Sally  Picts, Gaels and Scots: Early Historic Scotland ,  new edition

Pictavia Lecturers  Norman Atkinson 74.2-3; Clare Ellis 74.5-7

Newsletter 73
73
2014

Collieburn

Crosskirk, lost

Reay 1

Skinnet Chapel 2

Ulbster

Lines, Marianna  The Travellers’ Guide to Sacred Scotland

PAS AGM 2014

Pictavia Lecturer Winter 2014 Samuel Gerace

Ironside, Colin  obit

Newsletter 72
72
2014

Dandaleith, discovery

Newbigging, Leslie, at Leith Hall

Percylieu, at Leith Hall

GC —— ‘Is there a future for a PAS journal?’

Ron D —— ‘Thoughts on some Highland hill forts’

ROBERTSON, Niall  —— ‘Cross-slab discovered at Killin’

‘NTS redisplay of symbol stones at Leith Hall’

‘Pictish “carvings” modelled in clay’ Andrew McCulloch *72.8

Newsletter 71
71
2014

HAINEY, Sheila  —— ‘Pictish Genes?’

ER ——  ‘Deplorable pagan of St Vigeans 7’

Pictavia Lecturer Peter Yeoman *71.2; Martin Goldberg 71.3-4; Lynda McGuigan 71.4-5

‘Craig Low – “Pictish artist”’ David McGovern  *71.5-7

Brydon, Robert, obit

Newsletter 70
70
2014

Bullion

Dunkeld 1

Hilton of Cadboll,  interpretation as adventus

Flora D —— Comments on place name Rome/Roman

Bob Henery ——  ‘Hilton of Cadboll Jigsaw’

ER ——  ‘Not blowing but drinking’ (Dunkeld 1)

ER ——  ‘Where are the Pictish books?’

PUBLICATIONS ASTERIX and the Picts

GAMESON, Richard  From Holy Island to Durham: the context and meaning of the Lindisfarne Gospels

Pictavia Lecturer  George Geddes

‘Mr Angus retires’ [=Norman Atkinson]

Newsletter 69
69
2013

Trusty’s Hill

PUBLICATIONS CLARKE, David, Alice Blackwell and Martin Goldberg  Early Medieval Scotland: Individuals, Communities and Ideas

PAS AGM 2013

BML 2013-14 Philip Roberts  69.11-13; Candy Hatherley  *69.13-14; Gordon Noble  *69.15-16

PEOPLE Bowles, Christopher ; Buchanan, Courtney; Crone, Anne; Drummond, Peter; Evans, Nicholas; Forsyth, Katherine; Hatherley, Candy; Noble Gordon; Roberts, Philip

Newsletter 68
68
2013

Congash, No 1

Scoonie

Watenan

Bob Henery ——  ‘Congash stones and field clearance’

ER ——  ‘Scoonie hunt and other horsemen’

MUSEUMS Caithness Horizons and Visitor Centre, Thurso

Cruickshank, Graeme —— ‘Hanging Loose: Pictish Banners on show in Edinburgh’ [artwork by Marianna Lines]

Newsletter 67
67
2013

Congash, Nos. 1-3

Brodie (Rodney’s Stone) windbreak

Hilton of Cadboll, adventus

Inveravon/Inveraven Nos. 1-4 rehoused

David Henry ——  ‘Congash: Who did what and when?’

Pictavia Alice Blackwell  *67.1-3; Strat Halliday  67.3-4; Martin Goldberg  67.5-6

BJARNASON, Sven, and Trisha LAWSON  ‘The Inveraven Pictish Stone Project’

FRASER, Shannon  ‘Rodney’s Stone: Art and heritage conservation in the landscape’

Hunterston, the brooch

Warnes, John, artist

Watters, Ann MBE  obit

Newsletter 66
66
2013

Congash Nos.1-3

Meigle 10

GC —— ‘Hanging Loose: Pictish Banners on show in Edinburgh’ [artwork by Marianna Lines] again

RD —— ‘Curious case of the Congash stones’

DMcG —— ‘A Pictish Bear recreated’  sculpture by David McGovern, drawing by Craig Low

REID, Elspeth  ‘Meigle 10 – alive and well?’

Pictavia 2012-13 Sally Foster  66.1-2; Martin Cook. 66.2-3; Murray Cook

Newsletter 65
65
2012

Invergowrie

JB ——  ‘Invergowrie – a flawed masterpiece’

Marianna L ——  ‘David Munro Finlayson’ obituary

MULHOLLAND, Helen  ‘Surveying and the symbol stones’

PAS AGM 2012

MISC‘ Pictish Stories’ natural-dye archival work by Marianna Lines

Finlayson, David, obit

Newsletter 64
64
2012

Abernethy

Birsay

Bressay

Congash, Nos. 1-3

Craigton 2

Mail 2

Papil

Shandwick

Ulbster

JB ——  ‘A Christian stone at Congash’

MACK, Alastair  ‘A reappraisal of the Northern Isles symbol stones: Part 1 Shetland’  *64.4-11

——  ‘A reappraisal of the Northern Isles symbol stones: Part 2 Orkney’  *64.12-15

Report on the Society’s activities 2011-12

Kermack, Stuart obit

Newsletter 63
63
2012

Fortingall, cross-incised

BRUCE, John  ——  Deciphering Pictish ogham inscriptions: Part 2 Supplement to Newsletter 63.1-16

HALLIDAY, Stratford, and John Borland  ‘Cross-incised stones at Fortingall Parish Church, Perth and Kinross’

Pictavia Fraser Hunter  63.6-7; Stephen Gordon  63.1-2; Oliver O’Grady  63.2-3

MISC ‘The elusive site of the Battle of Dunnichen’ ;  ‘Galloway Picts Project’

Clarkly Hill

South Leckaway, harness mount from

Newsletter 62
62
2012

BRUCE, John  ‘Deciphering Pictish ogham inscriptions: a new theoretical perspective’  62.6-14

RD —— ‘That woman again’

McGOVERN, David  ‘To photograph or not to photograph’ [St Vigeans restrictions]

Pictavia Alice Blackwell  62.1, 4-5; Guto Rhys  62.5;

Newsletter 61
61
2011

Pictavia 2011-12 Gordon Noble

Glamis 1

GC —— ‘No such thing as bad press?’

Newsletter 60
60
2011

Cotterton 2, possible symbol stone

Sanday, cross-slab discovered

DAVIDSON, Flora  ‘Hilton of Cadboll female’

RD ——  ‘Reflecting on cross-slabs and symbol stones’

HENDERSON, Isabel  ‘The Female Rider: Some relevant findings of the Hilton of Cadboll project’

D Henry ——  ‘Myth-making at Pictavia’

Publications NICHOLAISEN, Prof WFH  In the Beginning was the Name: Selected Essays

“  “  “  ——Scottish Place-names  [reprint]

PAS AGM 2011

Fortingall excavation

Newsletter 59
59
2011

Cotterton 1

Hilton of Cadboll, interpretation

Linlathen

Ron Dutton——  ‘Hilton of Cadboll woman’

David Henry——  ‘Warning signs: “Ceci n’est pas une pipe”’ [interpreting symbols on signs]

Anna Ritchie—— ‘Pictish Shetland’

Publications DOCKRILL, Stephen, Julie Bond, Val Turner, Louise Brown, Daniel Bashford, Julia Cussans, and Rebecca Nicholson  Excavations at Old Scatness, Shetland, Vol 1: The Pictish Village and Viking Settlement

Publications RITCHIE, Anna——  A Shetland Antiquarian: James Thomas Irvine of Yell

Publications SCOTT, Ian and Anna Ritchie  Pictish and Viking-Age Carvings from Shetland

AGM 2010

Report on the Society’s activities 2011-12

Newsletter 58
58
2011

Publications DRISCOLL, Stephen, Jane Geddes, and Mark Hall  Pictish Progress: New Studies on Northern Britain in the Early Middle Ages

Publications HARDEN, Jill The Picts: Including guides to St Vigeans Museum and Meigle Museum

Miscellaneous ‘Dunnichen in the news again’

‘”The Eagle” is about to land’ [film review]

Early Medieval Carved Stones Conference, programme

‘Playful use of Pictish symbols’ [Letham Park]

Dunnichen, Battle of

PEOPLE [*photo of person] Isabel Henderson

Hicks, Carola, appreciation

Newsletter 57
57
2010

Inveravon/Inveraven recorded by John Borland

Miscellaneous ‘Scots composer Morris Pert’ by Mark Spalding

Rob Lee ‘More about Pictish symbols as a language’

Newsletter 56
56
2010

Wester Denoon 2

Norman Atkinson——  ‘Another carved stone found at Wester Denoon, Glamis, Angus’

Bob Henery——  ‘Pictish symbols and language’

Report on the Society’s activities [2009-10]

TYNDALE, Althea [letter from with reference to paper by Rob Lee et al on Pictish symbol stones as language]

Museums, funding problems

Newsletter 55
55
2010

John Borland——  ‘New cross from St Kilda – update’

HAINEY, Sheila  ‘A New History of the Picts, Stuart McHardy’ [book review]

Pictavia lecturer Alastair Becket

HAINEY, Sheila  ‘Arbroath - St Ninian’s burials’ [Alastair Becket talk]

‘Dunadd – double-boar’ [information from Colin Muir]

Margaret Evans – obit

‘Pictish symbols revealed as a written language through application of Shannon entropy’ [refers to PSAS paper by Rob Lee, Jonathan and Pauline Ziman]

Newsletter 54
54
2010

Collessie

Glendochart, Stirlingshire

Inchmarnock, Aberdeenshire, cross-carved stone, font

Letham, Angus, girdle stone

Mail, Cunningsburgh, Shetland

Old Scatness

Reswallie, cup-marked stone

Norman Atkinson——  ‘The Shire of Dunnichen’

John Borland ‘When is a cross not a cross? Glendochart find review’

——  ‘Two of a kind: a cross-carved stone and a font from Inchmarnock on the Dee’

Ron Dutton——  ‘The Bear Truth’ [Old Scatness quadruped]

Alastair Mack——  ‘The Mail symbol-bearing fragment: which way up?’

Publications McHARDY, Stuart  A New History of the Picts

Newsletter 53
53
2009

Borrobol

Clach Na H-Uaighe

Grantown on Spey

Knocknagael

John Borland——  ‘Borrobol Pictish symbol stone: an alternative interpretation’

Ron Dutton——  ‘Words: our flexible friends’

PEOPLE [*photo of person] Alice Blackwell, Rachel Butter, Ewan Campbell, Mark Hall, Brigitte Hoffman, Stuart Kermack

Newsletter 52
52
2009

Dunachton

DONALD, Christina  ‘Pictoria: face to face with a Pictish woman’

Ron Dutton ——  ‘Down at Dunachton’

Publications KERMACK, Stuart  The Pictish Symbols and the Vita Sancti Columbae

HENRY, David  Dunnichen Hillfort: the building of a modern myth?

‘Westray Wife’

PEOPLE [*photo of person] Forbes-Leith, John, Lines, Marianna

Newsletter 51
51
2009

Aberlemno 4

Dupplin

Shandwick shelter

Skinnet

Ulbster

FOGG, Arnold  ‘How I discovered the Dupplin Cross’

HENDERSON, George and Isabel  ‘Exciting find in Sutherland’ [Borrobol symbol stone]

Bob Henery ——  ‘The lost Balglassie stone?’

Publication FRASER, James  The Pictish Conquest: the battle of Dunnichen 685 & the birth of Scotland

AGM 2009

Miscellaneous ‘Behind the scenes at the museum’ Liz Tosh [Visit to McManus Collections Unit]

David Henry ——  ‘Dun Nechtan battle-site shock’

——  ‘Centurion: dumbing down the Picts’

Caithness Horizons and Visitor Centre, Thurso

St Vigeans Museum

Dunnichen, Battle of

Shepherd, Ian, obit

Newsletter 50
50
2009

Glendochart, Stirlingshire

Inchinnan, Renfrewshire

Mugdrum

John Borland——  ‘Two new EC finds come to light’ [Glendochart & Inchinnan]

Publications PERTH & KINROSS HERITAGE TRUST Atholl Estates: a brief history

“  “     Around Aberfeldy: a brief history

The Historic Shopfronts of Perth: an architectural history

Pictavia lecturer Christine Donald

Miscellaneous ‘Catriona [Ross] and the clarsach’ [PAS social evening12/12/2008]

‘Pictish Princess’ woodcarving by Eric Nicoll

Skara Brae

Newsletter 49
49
2008

Mail, Cunningsburgh, Shetland

Publications JAMES, Heather, Isabel Henderson, Sally Foster, and Sian Jones  A Fragmented Masterpiece: recovering the biography of the Hilton of Cadboll Pictish cross-slab

Meigle Museum

St Vigeans Museum

PEOPLE [*photo of person] Derek Alexander, Norman Atkinson, John Borland, Eileen Brownlie, Katherine Forsyth, Mark Hall, Isabel Henderson, David Henry, David McKenzie, Stewart Mowatt, Janet Penman & Café Dun staff, Nigel Ruckley, Niall Robertson, Simon Taylor, Ross Trench-Jellicoe,Peter Yeoman

Newsletter 48
48
2008

Aberlemno

Cossans (St Orland’s Stone)

Golspie

St Kilda, new find

Norman Atkinson——  ‘Dunnichen Parish Church’

David Henry——  ‘The Pictish Symbol Stones of Scotland edited by Iain Fraser’ [book review]

‘“Celtic Crosses” exhibition in Fife’ [Marianna Lines wall hangings]

Antonine Wall

Dunnichen, Battle of

Govan Old Church

Whithorn, return of artefacts

PEOPLE [*photo of person] Eaton, Eileen

Newsletter 47
47
2008

Hilton of Cadboll

Rhynie 1

AITCHISON, Nick  ‘Deo Ord: the lost hammer god of the pagan Picts’

MARTIN, Heather  [letter from] ‘Stargazing author’s reply’

SANDERSON, Emma  ‘Notes on a talk “Perceptions of Pictish Heritage”’

AGM 2008

Newsletter 46
46
2008

Dingwall

Dunadd

St Vigeans 8, 14, recumbent in kirk wall

AITCHISON, Nick——  ‘From Pictland to Alba, 789-1070, Alex Woolf ’ [book review ]

John Borland——  ‘Misunderstanding what we see: A surprising new discovery at St Vigeans’

CRUICKSHANK, Graeme—— ‘Sir Daniel Wilson and the Pictifying of the Symbol Stones’

HENERY, Bob——  ‘The Dunadd Boar: Is it Pictish?’

David Henry——  ‘Stargazing between the covers’ [book review]

IRONSIDE, Colin  ‘Foul play in Deer’

Marianna Lines——  ‘Bill Grant: an appreciation’

Publications MARTIN, Heather Connie  The Lost Language of the Stars

WOOLF, Alex  From Pictland to Alba, 789-1070

PICTAVIA LECTURERS Ian Shepherd

‘Picts 12 Romans 0’ Eileen Brownlie [PAS visit to NMS 2008]

Scottish Folklore degree

Pictavia

Govan Old Church

Pitfour house

PEOPLE [*photo of person]  Norman Atkinson, John Borland, Bill Grant & Florence, Colin Ironside, Alan McKenzie, conservator, Ian Shepherd

Newsletter 45
45
2007

Aberlemno, boxes

Dyce, carved stones in kirk walls

Govan stones

St Vigeans 1, Drosten stone

David Henry——  ‘Govan between the covers’

ROBERTSON, Niall  ‘St Fergus, Church, Dyce’

WEBSTER, Jennifer  ‘St Vigeans redisplay’

Publications Alastair MACK——  Symbols and Pictures: The Pictish Legacy in Stone

STIRLING MAXWELL, Sir John  Sculptured Stones in the Kirkyard of Govan

PICTAVIA LECTURERS Ross Murray, Irene Hughson

TRENCH-JELLICOE, Ross  ‘The Pictish reader’

PEOPLE [*photo of person] Norman Atkinson, George Geddes, Sheila Hainey, Irene Hughson, Alan McKenzie, Ross Murray

Newsletter 44
44
2007

Arbuthnott, carved fragment

Govan stones

Publications HISTORICAL MONUMENTS OF SCOTLAND——  Early Christian Carved Crosses at St Ninian’s Cave

WOOLF, Alex  From Pictland to Alba, 789-1070

Joy Mowatt ‘New equipment [for PAS]’

‘Pictavia re-enactment’

Stewart Mowatt  ‘Promoting PAS’

Kirkbuddo, Roman camp

PEOPLE [*photo of person] Nan Bethune, Eileen Brownlie, Lloyd Laing, Raymond Lamb, Ian Ralston, Emma Sanderson, Niall Smith, Juris Trede, Alex Woolf

Newsletter 43
43
2007

Arbuthnott, kirkyard wall

Brechin, cathedral collection

St Vigeans, museum

Publications HALL, Mark  Playtime in Pictland: The Material Culture of Gaming in Early Scotland

Publications HUNTER, Fraser——  Beyond the edge of the empire – Caledonians, Picts and Romans

HISTORICAL MONUMENTS OF SCOTLAND Early Medieval Carved Stones at Brechin Cathedral

AGM 2007

PICTAVIA LECTURERS Ian Ralston

Stewart Mowatt ‘Lottery award [to PAS]’

West Angus field trip

Museum on the Move: Picts

Birnie, excavations at

Pictish brooch

Govan Old Church

PEOPLE [*photo of person] Norman Atkinson, Sheila Hainey, Daavid Henry, Stewart Mowatt

Newsletter 42
42
2007

Kilduncan

PICTAVIA LECTURERS Mark Hall

‘Selected guide to museums and other attractions in Scotland’ [4pp supplement to Newsletter 42]

Covesea, Sculptor’s Cave

PEOPLE James Fraser

Ross Trench-Jellicoe, award

Newsletter 41
41
2006

Advie

Congash 1 and 2

Craigmyle

Findlarig

Grantown on Spey

Inverallan

Inveravon/Inveraven,

Migvie

Monymusk

BORLAND, John——  ‘Pictish Symbol Stones in the Central Highlands: Contrast and Compare’

CRUICKSHANK, Graeme  ‘Picts versus Romans’

HENERY, Bob  ‘Migvie and Tomachar revisited’

PICTAVIA LECTURERS  Barbara Robertson, Moira Greig

Lost Gospels of the Picts [BBC Radio 3 programme broadcast 15/8/2006]

‘The Pictish Arts Society at 18 - what next?’

Lindores, Kaim Hill

Migvie church, music at

PEOPLE [*photo of person] John Borland, Jonathan Coulston, Barbara Crawford, James Fraser, Jane Geddes, Sheila Hainey, David Henry

Newsletter 40
40
2006

Arbuthnott, carved fragment

Auquhollie

Benholm, possible symbol stone

Carnbee

Forres, on packaging

Logierait 2

Marykirk, carved stones

ASTOR, Philip  ‘Migvie Church’

David Henry——  ‘More to ponder from Kincardine’ [carved stones at Auquhollie, Marykirk, Benholm, Arbuthnott]

Publications HENDERSON, Isabel and George  The Art of the Picts

Constantine exhibition, York

Pictish roots, ethno ancestry

Wemyss caves, Doo cave

MacMillan, Jane, of Finlaystone

Newsletter 39
39
2006

Arbroath

Castle of Fiddes

Glamis, 2, 3, 4, 5

Glamis, St Fergus

Kinblethmont

Kingoldrum, St Meddan of

Mill of Newton (aka Tillypronie), at Migvie church

Monifieth, parish church

Murroes

Strathmartine 3, 4, 8

Norman Atkinson——  ‘Picts!’ [Text of labels for the exhibition of carved stones of Angus held at the Meffan, Forfar, 2006]

BORLAND, John  ‘Castle of Fiddes cross-slab – an old discovery re-discovered’

Publications HUNTER, Fraser Excavations at Birnie Moray, 2005

TAYLOR, Simon (ed)  The Journal of Scottish Name Studies

AGM 2006

Constantine exhibition, York

‘Fresh Pict’ conference

PEOPLE Philip Astor

Newsletter 38
38
2006

Aberlemno, leaflets

Eassie, inspiration from

Glamis

Kettins

Publications FOSTER, Sally and Morag Cross (eds)  Able Minds and Practised Hands: Scotland’s Early Medieval Sculpture in the 21st Century

Publications MacQUARRIE, Alan  Crosses and Upright Monuments in Strathclyde: typology, dating and purpose

PERTH & KINROSS HERITAGE TRUST  A Cycle of Saints: The Medieval Chapels of Strathearn

“  “  Cupmarked Stones in Strathtay: A Prehistoric Enigma (Breadalbane Heritage Trust)

Kilmartin House

Spittal cairn and broch

Wag of Forse

Nicoll, Eric, appreciation

Newsletter 37
37
2005

Hilton of Cadboll

Leuchars, rediscovery

PUBLICATIONS ADOMNAN  Life of St Columba;  BEDE  The Ecclesiastical History of The English People

CLANCY, Thomas (ed)  The Triumph Tree

McHARDY, Stuart  Tales of the Picts

‘Fresh Pict’ conference

David Henry ‘Hilton Second Half’ [unveiling of Barry Grove’s cross-slab at Hilton 2005]

Mormaer network

Lundin Links, female skeleton from

Wemyss caves

PEOPLE [*photo of person] Norman Atkinson, Margaret Bennett, Barry Grove, sculptor, Derek Hall, Alan Nowell, Anna Ritchie, Time Team, Peter Yeoman

Newsletter 36
36
2005

Collessie

Hilton of Cadboll, reconstruction

Meigle 2

Marianna Lines——  ‘More from Fife: Crop circles in the Kingdom’

Publications BREEZE, David  The Antonine Wall: The North-West Frontier of the Roman Empire: Proposed as a World Heritage Site

BREEZE, David, Sonja Jilek and Andeas Thiel  Frontiers of the Roman Empire

CARVER, Martin  Surviving in Symbols: A Visit to the Pictish Nation

HENDERSON, Isabel and George  The Art of the Picts

HISTORIC SCOTLAND  Carved Stones: Scottish Executive Policy and Guidance

RITCHIE, Anna  Picts

AGM 2005

Lundin Links, female skeleton from

PEOPLE  Ruth Black, embroiderer; Barry Grove, sculptor; Graham Ritchie

Newsletter 35
35
2005

Norman Atkinson——  ‘Arbroath Abbey: Church and Land Donations during the lifetime of William I’

Publications FOSTER, Sally  Picts, Gaels and Scots: Early Historic Scotland

MACK, Alastair  Field Guide to the Pictish Symbol Stones

Mormaer network

Elgin Museum

McManus Galleries, Dundee

Angus, strapline

Dunnichen festival

PEOPLE Ted Cowan, Graham Ritchie

Newsletter 34
34
2005

Aberlemno, interpretation panels

Kilduncan

Kirriemuir 18

Rosemarkie, discovery

ATKINSON, Norman——  ‘Find in Neverland: Kirriemuir No. 18’

HENRY, David——  ‘Between the covers’ [review of The Blue Moon Book, Anne McLeod]  34.6

——  ‘Kilduncan – Opportunity Knocks’

Publications McLEOD, Anne  The Blue Moon Book

Perthshire PAS field trip 2004

Kilmartin House

Pictavia

Auchterforfar, early cemetery at

South Leckaway, harness mount from

PEOPLE  Tim Blackie, Graeme Cruickshank, Ron Dutton, Ian Fisher, Anne McLeod

Newsletter 33
33
2004

Collessie

Edderton

DUTTON, Ron  ‘The Pictish Internet’

HENRY, David  ‘Between the covers’ [Note re a copy of P Chalmers The Ancient Sculptured Monuments of the County of Angus]

LINES, Marianna——  ‘Lines from the Kingdom: The dangers of visiting Pictish stones’

MITCHELL, Matilda  [letter re preservation of heritage]

Wemyss caves, Time Team

Eric Nicoll, carvings

Newsletter 32
32
2004

Benvie

Carnbee

Delnadamph, discovery

Kettins

Kilduncan

Kirriemuir 18

Welton

ATKINSON, Norman  ‘Rolling Stones’

LINES, Marianna  ‘A roving Pict in Fife’

‘PICT’ stickers

Burghead, visitor centre

Dunnichen, Battle of

PEOPLE  David Dorward, Ron Henderson, sculptor, Ian Shepherd, Bruce Walker, sculptor

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