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1855-1857 (Publication)
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- Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
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- Edinburgh
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Includes:
James Farrer, 'Notice of a "burgh" recently opened in the island of Burray, Orkney', pp.5-6
George Petrie, 'Description of antiquities in Orkney recently examined, with illustrative drawings', pp.56-62
'Extract of a letter from the Councillor of State, C.C. Rafn, Secretary of The Royal Society of Northern Antiquaries, Copenhagen, to J.M. Mitchell', p.100
Henry A. Rhind, 'British primeval antiquities: their present treatment and their real claims', p.101
John Stuart, 'Notice of Antiquities on the Isle of Eday, Orkney, recently examined by James Farrer, of Ingleborough, communicated by John Stuart', pp.154-158
John Stuart, 'Notes on the bronze and iron remains dug up in a "Pict's House," in the Holm of Eday, Orkney', pp.178-179
W.H. Fotheringhame, 'Notes respecting the life of Swein Aslief, an Orkney Viking, of the twelfth century, illustrating the annals of that period. Collected from the Early Norwegian sagas', pp.278-287
Henry A. Rhind, 'Notes of excavations of Tumuli in Caithness, made in the summer of 1856', pp.372-376
Joseph Robertson, 'Contemporary official reports of the proceedings at elections of members of parliament for the shires of Roxburgh, Edinburgh, and Orkney, in 1628', pp.432-442
D.D. Black, 'Notice of the excavation of a 'Pict's House,' on the farm of Stensall of Kergord, Zetland', pp.452-454
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R SA4/1963/2