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Newsletter | Number | Year | Contents |
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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 |