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The Society began in 1963 and has consistently published newsletters and journals throughout the past decades. These hold a remarkable story of our society and our local heritage.

The 60th anniversary year is a significant milestone in any community organisation, and it is with the greatest of honour (and with some very hard work from a highly valued volunteer) that we can present the full digitised online access of this incredible archive.

Does anyone have a copy of Issue 1 and 2 from 1967 ?

Lorn Archaeological Society Issue 3 Spring 1968

  • Editors notes
  • Society’s Aim and membership
  • Smig Mhic Mharcuis

Lorn Archaeological Society Issue 4 May 1968

  • Book review
  • Vitrification – Intentional or accidental
  • Stone records of the past
  • Man – the Metal Worker
  • Each may tell a story
  • The Chin of MacMarquis

Lorn Archaeological Society Issue 5 Autumn 1968

  • Editor’s notes
  • Society fixtures
  • The Changing Past
  • Archaeology in Breadalbane
  • Newgrange – County Meath
  • Extract from an old book

Lorn Archaeological Society Issue 6 Winter 1968

  • Editor’s notes
  • Society fixtures
  • Lorn Furnace, Bonawe
  • To “shell out”
  • A Cemetery in Italy
  • Reading of Dr Stewart’s lectures

Lorn Archaeological Society Issue 7 Spring 1969

  • Membership participation
  • Place names
  • Glenlonan Expedition of June 1st
  • A Highland Creach
  • Bishop Pococke’s account of his visit to Beregonium
  • Stewart Country visited
  • Pilgrimage to early Christian Settlement
  • Reed Boats – Ancient and Modern

Lorn Archaeological Society Issue 8 Nov 1969

  • Editor’s notes
  • Society fixtures
  • Excavation 1969 Litigan
  • Excavation at Achnacreebeag

Lorn Archaeological Society Issue 9 Spring 1970

  • Editor’s notes
  • Excavation at Achnacreebeag
  • Scottish Regional Group
  • Future Plans for 1970
  • Excursions
  • Extract from a old book on Loch Creran

Lorn Archaeological Society Issue 12 Spring 1971

  • Dates to remember
  • Annual General Meeting
  • New members
  • Editorial
  • Outing to Loch Creran
  • Future excavations and outing
  • The preservation of listed buildings
  • Discovering palaeolithic cave art
  • Recent discoveries in Roman Scotland

Lorn Archaeological Society Issue 13 Summer 1971

  • Digs this summer
  • Outing to Lismore
  • Extra-mural course in Colonsay
  • recording of Pre-1855 tombstone inscriptions
  • Culcharan Cairn, Benderloch
  • Kintyre nurseries Cist burial
  • The Sheiling
  • The Spring House
  • Craigchurelan
  • Research at Sitagra, Northern Greece
  • An extra-mural study tour of the archeology of Cyrpus

Lorn Archaeological Society Issue 14 Autumn 1971

  • Winter Programme 1971-1972
  • Wanted – a rescue dig
  • Who are the Scots?
  • Current Archaeology
  • Prehistoric Oban
  • Excavation without tears
  • Crosskirk broch, Caithness
  • Achadun

Lorn Archaeological Society Issue 15 Spring 1972
Spring 15A newsletter

  • Annual General Meeting
  • March Lecture
  • A.G.M. of the Scottish Regional Group
  • Extract from “Story of Lorn, its Isles & Oban”
  • Culcharan Cairn, near Benderloch
  • A newly-found Early Christian Cross at Kilmelford
  • Recently discovered Arches at Ardchattan Priory
  • Recording of Tombstone Inscriptions
  • The Sheiling System
  • A Timber-laced Wall: the Dead Sea Fortress of Masada
  • Autumn Lecture notes
  • Practical Vandalism?
  • Editorial Note

Lorn Archaeological Society Issue 16 Summer 1972

  • Summer Outings
  • Achadun Castle, Lismore
  • Recent excavations
  • Extract from Mitchell’s “History of the Highlands and Gaelic Scotland”
  • Spring lecture notes
  • Corrigenda to Vitrified Forts lecture summary

Lorn Archaeological Society Issue 17 Autumn 1972

  • Lecture Programme 1972-73
  • Plans for our next ten years
  • Extra-mural weekends in Kilmartin area
  • Information please!
  • Cowal Society’s dig
  • More new of excavations
  • The spring outing to Kilmartin
  • A brief visit to Orkney
  • Lectures for naturalists

Lorn Archaeological Society Issue 18 Spring 1973

  • L.A.S., 1963-1973
  • Future meetings
  • Culcharan Cairn
  • Radiocarbon dating
  • A welcome to the Argyll Inventory
  • Tutankhamun’s World
  • Autumn lecture notes
  • Editor’s note

Lorn Archaeological Society Issue 19 Summer 1973

  • News from spring excavations
  • Lismore excavation
  • Excavation inquires
  • The Golden Warrior
  • South Barrule, Isle of Man
  • Dr K.A.Steer on “Argyll in the last 10 years”
  • Tombstone records
  • Spring Lecture notes
  • Editor’s note

Lorn Archaeological Society Issue 20 Autumn 1973

  • Winter programme 1973-4
  • Autumn outing to Benderloch
  • Scottish Summer School in Archaeology Lochgilphead
  • R.C.A.M Dig in Morven
  • Craigchurelan again

Lorn Archaeological Society Issue 21 Spring 1974

  • Dr R.S. Hardie
  • A.G.M Elections
  • Plans for 1974
  • Whither L.A.S.?
  • Cairn-excavation on Bute
  • Achanduin, 1973
  • Barcaldine Castle
  • Autumn lecture notes
  • Book news

Lorn Archaeological Society Issue 22 Autumn 1974

  • Mrs K. Irving
  • L.A.S. Meetings before Christmas
  • Notes and News:
  • Excavations
  • Publications
  • Ploys for the future
  • Weekend courses in Mull
  • Argyll archaeology and local history conference
  • The excavation of Balloch Hillfort, Campbeltown
  • An outing to Cowal
  • Scottish Archaeological forum 1974
  • Kelly of Lorn Furnace
  • Book News
  • Editor’s note

Lorn Archaeological Society Issue 23 Spring 1975

  • Forthcoming lectures
  • A.G.M elections
  • Future projects
  • Argyll archaeology and local history conference
  • Transport to Lochgilphead
  • Return visit of Mull Society
  • Inverary
  • 1974 lecture notes
  • Editor’s note

Lorn Archaeological Society Issue 24 Autumn 1975

  • Winter programme
  • Weekend outing to Ross of Mull and Iona
  • Notes from recent press reports
  • Book note
  • Spring lecture notes
  • L.A.S. winter dig
  • The archaeology of Islay – and Easter course
  • Extra-mural lecture series

Lorn Archaeological Society Issue 25 Spring 1976

  • Annual General Meeting
  • Outings
  • Excavation
  • Rotary Club “Hobbies & Leisure Activities Exhibition”
  • April meeting
  • May 1st Summer school in archaeology
  • “Ships in antiquity”
  • An outing to Loch Awe side
  • A neolithic find in Taynuilt
  • Bearsden 1975
  • Deserted township survey
  • O.S. maps
  • Recent press cuttings
  • Lecture notes 1975

Lorn Archaeological Society Issue 26 Autumn 1977

  • Winter’s programme
  • Important notice
  • The archaeology of Islay
  • Evening classes : Glasgow University Extra-mural department
  • Some drove roads of Argyll
  • Evening classes : Worker’s Educational Association
  • A day at Auchindrain

Lorn Archaeological Society Issue 27 Spring 1977

  • A.G.M. news
  • Investigation of a cern-drying kiln at Larach a’Chrotail, summer 1976
  • Agriculture and settlement in North Britain
  • A visit to Edinburgh to attend the joint Glasgow/Edinburgh conference
  • Autumn lecture notes
  • Editor’s note

Lorn Archaeological Society Issue 28 Autumn 1977

  • Lecture programme
  • Extra-mural lectures
  • News of members
  • Outings
  • Recording of settlements
  • Mediaeval conference
  • Achnacree prehistoric field system
  • Etiquette for visitors to digs
  • Local new finds
  • Excavation 1977
  • Queen’s View, Perthshire
  • Temple Wood, Kilmartin
  • My first dig (Winnall Down, Winchester)
  • Lecture notes (P Hill – recent work in Argyll)

Lorn Archaeological Society Issue 29 Spring 1978

  • Annual General Meeting
  • Chairman’s notes
  • Forthcoming events
  • Lecture notes 1977-8
  • Bronze Age in south west Scotland
  • Jewellery of an Egyptian Queen
  • Crosskirk broch – excavation of 1977
  • Outing to the Garvellach islands 1977
  • One day conference at glasgow University on native fortifications 1000 BC to 1000 AD
  • Excavations – 1978

Lorn Archaeological Society Issue 30 Autumn 1978

  • Annual General Meeting & members’ night
  • Chairman’s notes
  • Forthcoming events
  • Lecture notes 1978
  • Excavation of a hillfort in Argyll
  • Enclosed homesteads
  • Outings
  • Kerrera
  • Iona
  • Excavations at Temple Wood
  • Kilmartin – Results of a public enquiry
  • Other matters
  • Office Bearers

Lorn Archaeological Society Issue 31 Spring 1979

  • Annual General Meeting
  • Chairman’s notes
  • Lecture notes
  • Some recent activity on Tayside
  • Industrial archaeology of the Highlands and Islands
  • Archaeology of churches
  • Excavation of Strageath
  • Outing to Luing
  • Roman City of Italica, Spain
  • Forthcoming events

Lorn Archaeological Society Issue 32 Autumn 1979

  • Forthcoming events
  • Chairman’s notes
  • Apologia for Hadrian’s Wall
  • Kerrera – a new publication
  • Excavation at Dunollie
  • Templewood, 1979
  • Field work in Glen Nant
  • Outing to Lismore
  • St. Moluag of Lorn
  • Excavation at Glen Kinglass
  • Outing to Glen Nant and Bonawe
  • Lecture – The early Christian Church in the West of Scotland
  • Lecture – Iron Age Settlements
  • Editorial Envoi
  • List of office bearers

Lorn Archaeological Society Issue 33 Spring 1980

  • Summer excursion programme
  • Secretary’s notes
  • Annual General Meeting
  • The new publication fund – a personal message to members

Lorn Archaeological Society Issue 34 Autumn 1980

  • Winter lecture programme
  • Chairman’s notes
  • Secretary’s notes
  • The Lorn Miscellany of History and Tradition
  • The “Celebration” cruise
  • Evening at Dunadd
  • Temple Wood – the latest report
  • An outing to Belnahua
  • Some gastronomic recollections of Crete
  • Lecture – Man’s impact on the environment
  • Lecture – One stone upon another
  • Lecture – Excavations of Ardnadam
  • Lecture – Nature conservancy and land use in Argyll
  • List of office bearers

Lorn Archaeological Society Issue 35 Spring 1981

  • Summer Excursion Programme
  • Chairman’s Notes
  • Special Outside Events
  • Secretary’s Notes
  • Outing to Tom a’Chaisteal
  • Annual General Meeting – 1980
  • The McCaig Museum Project
  • The Draining of Blairdrummond Moss
  • Archaeological Photography for Beginners
  • Dunollie and other Argyll Fortifications
  • Emigration from ArgylI Islands
  • Change and Tradition in Scottish FoIk Song
  • Editorial Envoi
  • List of Office Bearers

Lorn Archaeological Society Issue 36 Autumn 1981

  • Winter programme
  • Chairman’s notes
  • Secretary’s notes
  • An afternoon at Ardchattan
  • Expedition to the Antonine Wall
  • The Brainport Alignment
  • The Cailliche of Tigh nam Bodach
  • Summer School at Kilbowie
  • A voyage to Eilean Mor Mhic Ui Charmaig
  • Tales from the “Black Castle”
  • The effect of man on forest development
  • Cups and Rings – some new discoveries,
  • Reflections on Crete
  • Lecture – Viking remains in Western Scotland
  • Lecture – Discoveries at Templewood
  • Editorial Envoi
  • List of Office Bearers

Lorn Archaeological Society Issue 37 Spring 1982

  • Summer programme
  • Chairman’s notes
  • Secretary’s notes
  • Annual General Meeting – 1981
  • The MacCaig Museum project
  • The hill platforms of Glen Ure
  • An invitation to Lochnell House
  • On the track of the Cailliche
  • The healing shrines of Ben Churalain
  • Field work in the Bridge of Awe area
  • A gruesome tradition of Bonawe
  • Aspects of Scottish folklore
  • The neolithic timber long-house, Balbridie
  • Malta – from prehistoric times
  • Pre-clearance rural settlements
  • Editorial Envoi
  • List of Office Bearers

Lorn Archaeological Society Issue 38 Autumn 1982

  • Winter programme
  • Chairman’s notes
  • Secretary’s notes
  • The Beltane expedition to Glen Cailliche
  • Tobar Bial na Buaidh – Beinn Lora
  • Rescue work at Bridge of Awe
  • Notes on two common field pests
  • Voyage to Scarba
  • The Scottish Local History Conference
  • Discovering sources of local history
  • Historic Faroese sites of Kirkjubo
  • Antiquities of the Craignish Peninsula
  • Reconstructing the past
  • A tourist’s view of Egypt
  • Editorial guidelines for contributors
  • List of Office Bearers

Lorn Archaeological Society Issue 39 Spring 1983

  • Summer Programme
  • Chairman’s Notes
  • Secretary’s Notes
  • Annual General Meeting – 1982
  • Notes on the 1985 summer cruise
  • The Antiquities of Oronsay
  • Colin Campbell of Achnaba
  • Recollections of a crofting childhood
  • The Oban Railway – A brief history.
  • Further light on Creag Chuiralain
  • A I9th century surveyor in the West Highlands
  • Social effects of the ’45 rising.
  • Exciting new finds on Arran
  • The Castles of Lorn
  • Scottish crannogs
  • Editorial envoi
  • List of Office Bearers

Lorn Archaeological Society Issue 40 Autumn 1983

  • Winter lecture programme
  • Chairman’s notes
  • Secretary’s notes
  • Recent local discovery – A penannular brooch
  • The antiquities of Lower Glen Lyon
  • Ring Forts of Glen Lyon and central Perthshire
  • “A Useful Highland Clergyman”
  • A nineteenth century surveyor – part 2
  • A crofting childhood – Part 2
  • Map-making for historians
  • The Broch of Leckie
  • Editorial Envoi
  • List of Office Bearers

Lorn Archaeological and Historical Society Issue 41 Spring 1984

  • Summer programme
  • Chairman’s notes
  • Secretary’s notes
  • Annual General Meeting 1983
  • Ascog Castle – Isle of Bute
  • Notes on the Parish of Glenorchy and Inishail
  • The Knipoch murder
  • Summer school in Dublin
  • A brief guide to local DIY expeditions
  • A crofting childhood (conclusion)
  • A nineteenth century surveyor (conclusion)
  • Recent work on the Antonine Wall
  • Archaeological field survey in N.Scotland
  • Souterrains and settlement in E.Scotland
  • Old townships and communication routes of Argyll
  • Editorial Envoi
  • List of Office Bearers

Lorn Archaeological and Historical Society Issue 42 Autumn 1984

  • Winter programme
  • Chairman’s notes
  • Secretary’s notes
  • All weather walks – a new society venture
  • The “Rescue” of Raschoille
  • Raschoille Cave, Oban – a preliminary report
  • A visit to Castle Stalker
  • Memories of Connel Ferry
  • A bid to save “The clock”
  • Further light on Ascog Castle
  • “Clach collecting”
  • The “Lorn Ladies”
  • Investigation of a site on Loch Etive
  • The 1984 Buchan Lecture
  • A possible calendrical site at Minard
  • Editorial Envoi

Lorn Archaeological and Historical Society Issue 43 Spring 1985

  • Summer programme
  • Chairman’s notes
  • Secretary’s notes
  • Obituary
  • South Connel safari
  • An expedition to Glen Nant
  • A new year safari – Iain Ciars cave and the Minard Duns
  • From Duachy to Dun Aorain
  • Walking around Kilniver and Kilbrandon
  • October lecture – rock art
  • November lecture – Scottish heraldry
  • A Quern and some queries from Benderloch
  • Book report – “Highland postbag”

Lorn Archaeological and Historical Society Issue 44 Autumn 1985

  • Winter programme
  • Summer school in archaeology report
  • Chairman’s notes
  • Secretary’s notes
  • February lecture : Balloch HiIl Fort
  • March Lecture : Rural buildings and medieval settlements –
  • The Missing Link
  • April Lecture : Cave art in the old stone age
  • January outing : Additional notes
  • Kerrera outing
  • Purposeful perambulations ( or – you too can be a field researcher )
  • Book review
  • Ballachuan on Seil
  • Sir Neil Canpbell of Lochawe : Miac Cailen Mor
  • List of Office Bearers

Lorn Archaeological and Historical Society Issue 45 Spring 1986

  • Chairman’s notes
  • Secretary’s notes
  • Excavations at North Mains, Strathallan
  • November lecture : Post excavation conservation
  • February lLecture : The West Highlands from Papal Archives
  • liarch lecture : The Stevensons of Oban
  • Early Days at the Oban Lodge
  • Did you see the Emperor’s Warriors ?
  • The half-finished cathedral – a structural history
  • Book reviews
  • April outing
  • February outing
  • March outing
  • List of Office Bearers

Lorn Archaeological and Historical Society Issue 46 Autumn 1986

  • Chairman’s notes
  • Secretary’s notes
  • Programme for 1986-87
  • Have a look at that – it might be important!
  • A “lost” settlement near Taynuilt?
  • A “new” hill-track and turf-wall at Kilbride, Glenfeochan
  • Book reviews
  • Clan MacLean gathering
  • Solo outing to Lismore
  • C.B.A.A weekend in Inverness
  • A holiday in Orkney
  • New finds in Lorn
  • Argyll politics – a hundred years ago
  • Society outing to Scarba
  • List of Office Bearers

Lorn Archaeological and Historical Society Issue 47 Spring 1987

  • Chairman’s notes
  • Funeral heraldry in Scotland
  • The Whithorn dig
  • Report on the Society’s Annual General Meeting
  • October lecture : The brochs in Caithness
  • November lecture : Twenty years prospecting in Argyll
  • December lecture : Early town life in Scotland
  • February lecture : Ihe Landscape of Lora
  • February outing : An unusual fish trap
  • History in the classroom – current development
  • Early trading at Oban and Inveresragan
  • A.G.M. of the C.B.A.S.

Lorn Archaeological and Historical Society Issue 48 Autumn 1987

  • Chairman’s notes
  • Editor’s note
  • Winter programme
  • Report on the Society A.G.M
  • March lecture : Climate, famine & emigration from the Highlands 1768-1883
  • October lecture : Excavations on Rhum 1984-86
  • November : Aerial photography
  • The Sinclairs of Kilmore
  • September outing
  • By Special Order, 1781-89
  • Thomas Randolph Earl of Moray
  • The story of a road

Lorn Archaeological and Historical Society Issue 49 Autumn 1988

  • Chairman’s notes
  • Winter programme
  • December lecture : Archaeology in Strathclyde & the planning department
  • February lecture : Health care For women in Glasgow
  • Excavations at Skipness
  • The Cille without a name
  • Expenses of building the farmhouse at Cleugh, Kilmore, 1840
  • Auchnasavil – Monitoring an usual site near Carradale
  • The MacKichan merchants of Oban
  • The settlement of Shelichan, Glen Feochan

Lorn Archaeological and Historical Society Issue 50 Autumn 1989

  • Chairman’s notes
  • Editor’s notes
  • Forthcoming events
  • Jet
  • Standing Stones & Circles November 1988 lecture
  • Scotland’s earliest inhabitants December 1988 lecture
  • Growth of the Municipality of Glasgow 1n the Nineteenth Century February 1989 lecture
  • Report on the first Council for Scottish Archeology meeting
  • Drove Roads of Argyll March 1989 lecture
  • Cyprus Excavations by Edinburgh archaeologists
  • Report on Summer Outings
  • Notes on two common field pests
  • The flight of the midge
  • Ice house & pit
  • Excavation of a shell midden site at Cardingmill Bay, Oban
  • Report on other events

Lorn Archaeological and Historical Society Issue 51 Autumn 1990

  • Office Bearers
  • Winter programme
  • Membership & subscriptions
  • Chairman’s notes
  • Tullich, Kilmelford
  • A crofting childhood
  • Castle Stalker
  • New directions for museum?
  • Lochbuie, Mull 1890
  • Glenshellach survey
  • ‘Find of the century’
  • The Oldest Road
  • More than roads
  • William Cumstie and Sons
  • Summer school in archaeology
  • Monthly visits!
  • Aspects of Gaelic literature

Lorn Archaeological and Historical Society Issue 53 Spring 1991

  • Office bearers
  • Summer notices
  • Chairman’s notes
  • The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments
  • Historic Buildings and Monuments : work of the Inspectorate
  • Dental report on Raschoille remains
  • Neolithic settlement, Barnhouse, Stennes, Orkney
  • A comment on Oban’s Mesolithic
  • Report on North Uist site
  • Pre-improvement settlements
  • Society of Antiquaries spring programme
  • Telford highland churches
  • New developments at the Scottish Council for Archaeology
  • The land issue, 1880-1920
  • Membership 1991

Lorn Archaeological and Historical Society Issue 54 Autumn 1991

  • ALERT !!!
  • Archaeological Advisor Needed
  • Winter program
  • A pre-modern domestic ritual by Jean MacDougall Hadfield
  • Earliest Oban History by Charies Hunter
  • with fold-out 1620 map of Lorn  
  • Military roads in Scotland by Charles Hunter
  • Outings suspended
  • Carding Mill Bay Excavation by Margaret Kay
  • Notes on CSA Summer School
  • Office Bearers
  • Archaeological dream realised
  • Too good to be true?

Lorn Archaeological and Historical Society Issue 55 Spring 1992

  • Office Bearers
  • Briefly
  • Glenshellach discoveries Susan Fletcher
  • Museum report
  • Bealloch na-h-lnnsig: Platforms, sheilings and hut circles Elizabeth Rennie
  • Alp Man found
  • Industrial archaeology : the unknown heritage Ian Johnston
  • Ihe Picts of the North Jill Hardin
  • Historic gardens of Scotland Fiona Jamison
  • Conservation of early historic sculpture in Scotland Dr Merle Spearman
  • St Modan’s Church at Ardchattan
  • The sheiling system
  • Break through in Maya glyph reading
  • Membership list

Lorn Archaeological and Historical Society Issue 56 Autumn 1992

  • Office Bearers
  • Winter programme
  • Archaeological activities in 1992
  • Games Day a success
  • Charcoal occurrences at Ardentallen D. M. McVean
  • Glenn Sheileach remembered Susan Fletcher
  • Arranged Battles Charles Hunter
  • An Unrecorded kerb-cairn at Ardtallen D. M. McVean
  • Eilean Ona shell midden D.M. McVean
  • Silver coins Charles Hunter
  • Scotland’s earliest inhabitants (Notes from Clive Bonsell lecture, 1988)
  • Borders Bronze Age find
  • Museum update; magazine exchange

Lorn Archaeological and Historical Society Issue 57 Spring 1993

  • Annual General Meeting
  • Museum update
  • Mediaeval Perth October lecture Michael King, Assistant Keeper, Perth Museum
  • 1992 Glenshellach excavation November lecture Clive Bonsall
  • University of Edinburgh
  • Barglass Settlement December lecture Donald Farmer
  • Auchindrain, a unique survivor January lecture       John MacDonald, Curator
  • Auchindrain Museum
  • Scotland’s underwater heritage February lecture Dr Nicholas Dixon Scottish Trust for Underwater Archaeology
  • Language and archaeology March lecture Dr Bobert Reid, LAHS
  • Inventory of LAHS library materials
  • News

Historic Lorn Issue 58 Autumn 1993

  • Office bearers and committee
  • Chairman’s Notes Margaret Kay
  • Winter lecture programme
  • Secretary’s Remarks Susan Fletcher
  • Editor’s Remarks
  • News
  • Scrutineer’s Report Charles Hunter
  • People
  • Archive News
  • News from Other Argyll Societies
  • Council for Scottish Archaeology
  • C S A Summer School Alison Blackwood
  • Discovery & Excavation
  • Heritage display -Lorn furnace Margaret Pearson
  • Tom na Choille, Dalmally Helen Baney
  • Archaeology of the Oban Region Mark Robinson
  • “Shieling” site survey, Lerags Mark Robinson
  • Two ships and a pier Robert Lindsay
  • Bygone Sunday Jean MacDougall Hadfleld
  • Books
  • The New Scientist Dr Donald McVean

Historic Lorn Issue 59 April 1994

  • Office bearers, committee and A G M
  • News
  • Forthcoming Excursions, Outings and Events
  • Kilbride burial ground Hope MacDougall
  • An island childhood Catherine Pape
  • Strathclyde Archives/Mitchell Library Edna Stark
  • Neolithic axe find at Dunbeg Dr Donald McVean
  • Lorn axes/ Archaeological notes
  • Anniversary- Massacre of Glencoe
  • Two centuries of Militia in Argyll John Thomson
  • Oban during World War Two Mike Hughes
  • Books
  • The New Scientist Dr Donald McVean
  • Winter lecture summaries
  • The McCaig family of Oban Murdo MacDonald
  • Old Oban Bob McCulloch & Charlie Drummond
  • The Honours of Scotland Chris Tabraham
  • Scottish Industrial heritage Miles Oglethorpe
  • Experimental archaeology Prof. Edgar Peltenburg
  • Prehistoric Denmark Lionel Masters
  • Peru- past and present David Clough

Historic Lorn Issue 60 October 1994

  • CONTENTS and acknowledgements
  • Office bearers, committee and subscriptions
  • Chairman’s notes: news about members
  • Winter Lecture Programmes 1994-1995
  • Summer outings Avril Vaagenes & Liza Bourne
  • News
  • Glenshellach 1992 from Discovery & Excavation
  • Oban Archaeological Project Margaret Kay
  • Iron Age burials in MacArthur’s Cave, Oban Alan Saville, Artefact Research Unit, NMS
  • Stone Age in Scotland (Conference 1-3 October)
  • Current Archaeology & Miscellaneous artefacts
  • Turner in the West Highlands D. Wallace-Hadrill
  • Coin finds in Lorn D Turner & M Robinson
  • The Livingstones: a small West Highland Clan Alastair Livingstone, Baron of Bachuil
  • Lismore & the Argyll bishopric C Hunter
  • Books
  • The New Scientist Dr Donald McVean
  • New departments at the Mitchell Library

Historic Lorn Issue 61 April 1995

  • Contents and acknowledgements
  • Committee and Annual General Meeting
  • Historic Lorn and the L A H S Newsletter
  • Summer outings
  • News
  • Archaeological News
  • A Coin of Roman Egypt found at Oban NicholasHlolmes, N M S
  • The old town of Inveraray Rae MacGregor
  • William Black: a Forgotten Best-Seller EdnaStark,LAHS
  • The First Site of the See of Argyll Dennis Turner, LAHS
  • 1856 Survey of Oban Bay
  • Archaeological Survey of Fanans Area in 1982 Margaret Kay, LAHS
  • A Forgotten Place Name on Loch Feochan Dr D N McVean, LAHS
  • The Tacksman Robert Lindsay, LAHS
  • Early Days at the Oban Cinema Neal Quinn & Archie McGill, LAHS
  • Books
  • New Scientist (summaries) Dr D N McVean
  • Historical Societies ln Argyll & Bute
  • Winter lecture summaries
  • Medicines from the mud Brian Moffat
  • Scottish Customs -cradle to grave Margaret Bennett
  • Military and civilian life in Oban and surrounds 1939-45 Mike Hughes
  • Understanding foreign ritual Dr Colin Richards
  • Landscape Archaeology-Oban area Mark Robinson
  • Local studies: Argyll & Bute Bill Scott

Historic Argyll Issue 1 1996
* denotes members of Lorn A H S.

  • The Duart Wreck Colin J M Martin
  • Finlaggan – an update Gloria Siggins
  • Motif Plece for Oban Museum  Eila Macqueen
  • The Museum of Islay Life Eila Macqueen
  • Kilmartin House Damion Willcock
  • Some lesser-known Argyllshlre Families Alastair Campbell of Airds *
  • Some notes on the Arms of Campbell John Campbell-Kease*
  • When is a Castle not a Castle? Dennis Turner *
  • Preservation of Gylen Castle, Kerrera H MacDougall of MacDougall *
  • Saddell Abbey in Kintyre Gloria Siggins
  • The Planned Villages of Argy11, 1750-1850 Douglas Lockhart
  • Tracing Argyll Ancestors Edna Stark *
  • Merklands and Pennylands ln Argyll & Isles Charles Hunter *
  • Prince Charlie’s medicine chest
  • Society News and Publications
  • Historical Societies in Argyll & Bute.

Historic Argyll Issue 2 1997

  • Editorial
  • Lecture summaries: St Columba; Duart Castle
  • Celtic Calligraphy (on Iona) G. Charles-Edwards
  • Columba’97
  • C S A Summer School at Rothesay *Alison Blackwood
  • People and Places
  • The Founding of Southend Dr Douglas Lockhart
  • A Lost Moated Site *Dennis Turner
  • Lecture summaries: Geology : New Museum
  • Lecture summary: Prehistoric flint mining
  • Current Archaeology
  • The Benderloch Urn (poem and photographs) *Robin Harvey
  • Cleigh, Kilmore – Possible Cairn Simon Gilmour & Jon Henderson
  • Anti-Nuclear Protests on the Clyde Jim Chestnut
  • Seaweed Processing in the West of Scotland  *Jim Bailey
  • The Campbell Reputation – Some thoughts Diarmid A Campbell
  • Warriors and Priests – Clan Maclean (review) *Dennis Turner
  • Book Reviews
  • Museums & Exhibitions – Events
  • Museums, Heritage Centres and Exhibitions – List
  • Historical Societies in Argyll & Bute – List

* denotes members of Lorn A H S

Historic Argyll Issue 3 1998

  • Contents and Acknowledgements
  • Lorn A H S Committee and A G M
  • Saint Columba – poet, prophet and sage Raymond Shaw
  • Celtic Spirit’97 Exhibition and events Mary Bames
  • Saint Columba- Cantata and play Iain Crichton Smith
  • The Saint Columba of Iona cantata Mavie MacNaughton
  • Museum notes Eila Macqueen
  • Kilmartin House D J Adams McGilp
  • Archaeology notes Charles Hunter*
  • Hints for visitors to archaeological sites Margaret Kay*
  • Excavation of a cairn at Cleigh, Kilmore in 1996 Simon Gilmour and Jon Henderson
  • Recent excavations in Lewis Simon Gilmour
  • A new flint assemblage from Cnoc Dubh, Dervaig Paul Robins
  • Excavations at Upper Largie, Kilmartin, 1997 John Terry
  • The Benderloch urn and its contents Gavin MacGregor
  • Forest Enterprise Corporate Plan to 2000 (extract) Editors
  • C S A Summer School, 1997, at Oban Geoff Waters
  • Unusual stones in Lorn and Mull Iain Spence
  • History notes Charles Hunter
  • Local history revival in Argyll Charles Hunter
  • Dunollie and Gylen castles Martin Hadlington
  • Scottish planned villages Douglas G Lockhart
  • Scottish families and the Norman conquest John Campbell-Kease*
  • Family history – Argyll and Bute Charles Hunter
  • Oban Town Council minutes 1822-1866 Murdo MacDonald
  • Masonic lodge of Inveraray,25Oth Anniversary Rae MacGregor
  • The Oban masonic lodge – early days Charles Hunter
  • Booklist Alastair Campbell of Airds*
  • Books Books Books Charles Hunter

Historic Argyll Issue 4 1999

  • Contents and Acknowledgements
  • Lorn A&HS Committee & AGM
  • Peasant housing in a marginal area Dennis Turner
  • Mesolithic landscapes of the Inner Hebrides Kevin Edwards & Heather Sugden
  • Memories of old Oban lsobella Johnston & Lake Falconer
  • Argyll people in the Poor Law Records Edna Stark
  • Trading at Oban before the ’45 Charles Hunter
  • The Malcolms of Poltalloch Michael Davis
  • CSA Summer School 1998 Alison Blackwood
  • Editorial notes Editors
  • Obituaries Charles Hunter
  • Museum notes Eila Macqueen
  • Relics on display at Oban Trades Fair 1885 Charles Hunter
  • Lom A & H S field outings 1998 Editors
  • Historical Societies in Argyll & Bute Charles Hunter
  • Book reviews Various
  • Useful world-wide web sites Robin Harvey
  • Lorn A & H S membership details

Historic Argyll Issue 5 2000

  • Contents and Acknowledgements
  • Lorn A&HS Committee & AGM
  • Smuggling in Argyll in the 18th Century Frances Wilkins
  • Oban Archaeological Project Mark Macklin et al.
  • Archaeological Watching Brief – Oban Dr Christopher Lowe
  • Mesolithic Archaeology in Islay & Colonsay Dr Steven Mithen
  • Old Limekiln at Eredine Dr D N McVean
  • Argyll Estate Instructions Charles Hunter
  • Early Argyll emigration to New York State Duncan Macduffie & Charles Hunter
  • Robert Macfie of Airds & Oban Vanessa King Macfie
  • A mammoth task Alastair Campbell of Airds
  • Extracts from The Sopranos by Alan Wamer Charles Hunter
  • From the Archives Charles Hunter
  • History News Editors
  • Archaeology News Charles Hunter
  • Archaeological Liaison Alison Blackwood
  • News from the Societies Editors
  • Jura Historical Society Joan Richardson
  • Summer outings report Richard Bourne
  • Museum News Charles Hunter
  • Bookworm Various authors
  • Lom A & H S membership details

Historic Argyll Issue 6 2001

  • Contents and Acknowledgements
  • Lorn A & H S Committee & AGM
  • Gorton Side School Murdo MacDonald
  • Bookplates of Argyll Families Sir Ilay Campbell
  • Robert Macfie of Airds & Oban – Part 2 Vanessa King Macfie
  • Bonawe Quarries Village Beth Morse
  • From the Archives – 1 Murdo MacDonald
  • The Stevenson’s and Oban Distillery Nicholas Morgan
  • Women pioneers in Local Government Murdo MacDonald
  • A rediscovered wreck in Ardentrive Bay Richard Bourne
  • A history of Oban Congregational Church Lake Falconer
  • Burnt Mounds Alison Blackwood
  • The Dunollie Urn – an update Christopher Lowe, Ann MacSween
  • Kathleen McSwinney
  • Scotland’s first settlers – a field report Richard Bourne
  • From the archives – 2 Charles Hunter
  • Contents of a box from Dunollie House Charles Hunter
  • Summer outings report Liza Bourne
  • Society News Editors
  • Bookworm Charles Hunter
  • Lorn A & H S membership details

Historic Argyll Issue 7 2002

  • Contents and Acknowledgements
  • LAHS Committee 2001/2
  • WW2 Billetees in Oban Nancy Black
  • A Sad Story Michael Davis
  • Coll Remote Aerial Photography JD
  • A history of the CO-OP in Dunoon Michael Davis
  • Poor, proud and exiled Murdo MacDonald & Michael Davis
  • POW camp at Kinlochleven Kath Small
  • Oban’s Burial Ground Charles Hunter
  • Mcfie walk around Oban Vanessa J King Mcfie
  • The Stevensons of Oban Charles Hunter
  • LAHS and area news Editors
  • Lorn A & H S membership details

Historic Argyll Issue 8 2003

  • Contents and Acknowledgements
  • Lorn A&HS Committee    
  • A seafaring tale    Dr Ian MacKichan
  • The slate quarries of Kerrera    Charles Hunter
  • Moments in Mesolithic times   Nyree Finlay
  • Health in the Highlands of old    Dr Ian MacKichan
  • Oban’s forgotten streets    Lake Falconer
  • Brochs and Galleried Duns    Alison Blackwood
  • TV archaeology    Tony Pollard
  • Early trading from Ardchatten    Charles Hunter
  • The curious case of Duncan Stevenson    Prof Michael Moss
  • 19th Century travel in the Highlands    Archie McGill
  • CSA Summer School2002    Geoff Waters
  • Lorn area news, including LAHS and other celebrations    Various
  • Kilmartin House Trust news    KHT
  • Books! Books! Books!    Bookworm
  • Lorn A & H S membership details    

Historic Argyll Issue 9 2004

  • Contents and Acknowledgements   
  • Lorn A&HS Committee   
  • AGM Report   
  • The Birrell & other families in Oban    Janet Proctor
  • Argyll records held in Glasgow    Edna Stark
  • Ballachuan Woodland Reserve survey    Roddy Regan & Sharon Webb
  • Rob Roy in Argyll    Mary McGrigor
  • Iron Age Brochs – a discussion    Gemma Midlane
  • Loch Seil township survey    John Russell & Alison Blackwood
  • Oban’s North Pier – some fragments    Robert McCulloch
  • Historic Scotland Photographic Library   Ailsa MacTaggart
  • Dun Loch Glashan excavation    Alison Blackwood
  • Notes on the Campbell’s of Kilberry    Diarmid Campbell
  • Blazing Cressets    Peter Macleod
  • Neolithic Handaxe from Kintyre    Charles Hunter
  • Lawlessness in 17th Century Lorn    MacDougall Collection
  • LAHS and other news    Various
  • Book Review    Editor
  • Lom A & H S membership details

Historic Argyll Issue 10 2005

  • Contents and Acknowledgements
  • Lorn A & H S Committee
  • AGM Report
  • Editorial
  • The late Graham Ritchie in Argyll Margaret Kay
  • A Museum for Oban! Bill Grant
  • At school in Oban in World War 2 Charles Hunter
  • Benderloch’s Iron Age Fort Robin Harvey
  • Gleann Mor deserted settlement Alison Blackwood
  • Eilean Amalaig Peter Macleod
  • A Kilninver Quirk Martin Petrie
  • The Sanctuary Crosses of Colonsay Charles Hunter
  • Public Bathing in Oban, 1886 Alison Blackwood
  • 19th Century Evangelism in Argyll Edna Stark
  • Barr Mor settlement, Kilmartin Heather James
  • St Modan’s Church Centenary & History Jane Eccles
  • The Clock Lodge, Lochgilphead Michael Davis
  • Kilmartin (Largie) House Alison Blackwood
  • Postscript to winter lecture series Alison Blackwood
  • Book review Diarmid Campbell
  • Obituaries Charles Hunter & Margaret Kay
  • Bookworm Charles Hunter
  • Lorn A & H Society membership

Historic Argyll Issue 11 2006

  • The Committee and Office Bearers
  • News from Friends of the MacDougall Collection.
  • Examining the Mesolithic/Neolithic Transition in Western Scotland: An introduction to the Ardnamurchan Transitions Project Philip Richardson and Hannah Cobb
  • Gylen Castle Re-opening. Alison Blackwood
  • The Iron Age Navigator and the Toad of Lom. Patsy Bolton
  • Kilninver Memories: Mid 1930’s to Mid 1940’s. Martin Petrie
  • Wartime Schoolboy: Memories of the Second World War at Tarnurich Hugh Black
  • Recent Archaeological Activity in Oban. Charles Hunter and Paul Robins
  • The Militia in Argyll. Edna Stark
  • The Argyll and Bute Mountain Battery. Charles Hunter
  • Lime in the Landscape. Robert Walker
  • That Vanished World. John Macfarlane
  • Book Reviews by Bookworm

Historic Argyll Issue 12 2007

  • The Committee and Office Bearers
  • Library Notes.
  • Abandoned Benchmarks. Martin Petrie
  • Lochaline Sand Mine. Peter Davis
  • Whisky and Resistance: The Archaeology of Illicit Distilling. Michael Given
  • The Familiar and Cherished Local Scene. Jenny Carlile
  • Book Reviews. Bookworm
  • The International Celtic Conference in Oban. Christine MacKay
  • Alas no more. Alison Blackwood
  • John Stuart McCaig, His Family and His Tower. Murdo MacDonald
  • Angel Hill Kilninver. Martin Petrie
  • Pilgrimage Sites in Scotland. Peter Yeoman
  • The Social, Economic and Environmental Effect of Tourism on Oban between 1750 and 1914. Fiona Morrison
  • Old Highland Matters that are spoken of in Lorn. Domhnall Uilleam Stiubhart

Historic Argyll Issue 13 2008

  • The Committee and Office Bearers
  • The Bowmen of Glen Gallain. Martin Petrie
  • The Silent Shores Speak: Maritime Landscapes in North Argyll. Paula Martin
  • “Well known Obanites”.
  • Book reviews. Charles Hunter
  • Historical Human-environment Relationships: an Example from Southern Iceland. Kerry-Anne Mairs
  • The Traveller’s Companion. Martin Petrie
  • Dun Roamin’. Simon Gilmour
  • Bonawe & District 1730-45. Charles Hunter
  • Building monuments from the forest in the Neolithic. Gordon Noble
  • St Brendan’s Seat and the Standing Stones of Duachy. Nicholas Duncan Gilmour

Historic Argyll Issue 14 2009

  • The Committee and Office Bearers
  • The Kilninver Ice House. Martin Petrie
  • The Kilninver School Roll of Honour. Martin Petrie
  • Changing People Changing Landscapes: excavations at The Carrick, Midross, Loch Lomond Gavin MacGregor
  • “Well known Obanites” – an update.
  • Book reviews. Charles Hunter
  • Frank Lockwood’s Island. Lake Falconer
  • Scourged by the hand of the hangman. Martin Petrie
  • Iron making in Argyll Julian Overnell
  • Archaeology and Storytelling: Encounters with the Past in
  • Scotland and Cyprus. Michael Given
  • Home to Glenorchy. Mhairi Livingstone Ross
  • Historical sketch

Historic Argyll Issue 15 2010

  • The Committee and Office Bearers
  • Disruption at Kilninver 1843 Martin Petrie
  • Messages from the past: Iron Age signalling in Argyll Peter Lamont
  • Changing Argyll Names Jo Currie
  • Book reviews Charles Hunter
  • Some Hydronyms in the Parish of Muckairn John Macfarlane
  • Excavations at Killevin in Crarae Gardens,
  • Mid-Argyll Derek Alexander and Magnus Kirby
  • Notes on Kilbride Kirk and its Environs Liam Griffin
  • Doide – a Medieval stone quarry ? Julian Overnell
  • Historical sketch

Historic Argyll Issue 16 2011

  • The Committee and Office Bearers
  • A Voyage in Search of Hina Robert J. Rae
  • Stirling Castle Palace Project Kirsty Owen
  • A Factor’s Lot Martin Petrie
  • Medieval Kilbride Catherine Gilles
  • The Brandystone Lake Falconer
  • Book review Charles Hunter
  • Another one gone ! Martin Petrie
  • ‘Between the Burn and the Turning Sea’ The story of Cadderlie Mhairi Ross
  • Changes in Mediaeval Lorn Diarmid Campbell
  • The House that was never built Alison Blackwood
  • The Brooch of Lorn Diarmid Campbell
  • Correspondence
  • Historical sketch

Historic Argyll Issue 17 2012

  • The Committee and Office Bearers
  • Glenshellach through the Ages Charles Hunter
  • Haakon’s expedition 1263 Alison Blackwood
  • At the point of the sword: Archaeology and the battle of Culloden Tony Pollard
  • The Scottish kelp industry and its archaeology Sue Hothersall
  • Keeping the peace on Lismore Robert Hay
  • Our postal past Martin Petrie
  • Lorn on the map – a cartographic voyage over four centuries Chris Fleet
  • Book reviews
  • Stronfield and other deserted Knapdale townships Charles Hunter
  • Kintyre instructions Diarmid Campbell
  • A wartime enigma in Oban Lindsay Campbell
  • Historical sketch

Historic Argyll Issue 18 2013

  • The Committee and Office Bearers
  • The Lorn Archaeological & Historical Society: The First Fifty Years. Charles Hunter
  • Bronze Age domestic settlement in Argyll: new discoveries
  • and new architectural features. Clare Ellis
  • Excavation at the Deserted Settlement of Modern
  • Morlaggan, Argyll Roddy Regan and Sharon Webb
  • Possible Oban Runes Alison Blackwood
  • Delving into Dunollie Martin Petrie
  • The Rise and Fall of the Slate industry on the Slate Islands Zoe and Alastair Fleming

Historic Argyll Issue 19 2014

  • The Committee.
  • Dr Hook and the Inveraray Herring Fleet, 1799. Kenneth D. MacTaggart
  • Beginners in Archaeology: The Udal,North Uist. Michael & Janet Turner
  • Shipwreck at Connell Ferry. Deirdre Roberts
  • Rev. Gregor MacGregor (1797-1885) his life as Minister of the Parish of Lismore and Appin (1836-1885). Robert Hay
  • David Livingstone and his picture of Africa. David McClay
  • The Kirkton of Muckairn. John MacFarlane
  • Place Names and Folk Tales of Mid Lorn John MacFarlane
  • Carnassarie Castle, Ardsceodnish, Argyll. Diarmid Campbell
  • Clan Historian, Genealogist or Spin Doctor? Nicholas Maclean-Bristol

Historic Argyll Issue 20 2015

  • The Committee.
  • The Origins of some of the Kintyre McConachys with some relevant incidents. Diarmid Campbell
  • “They sow the wind, they reap the whirlwind!” Estates and their management in the nineteenth century Scottish Highlands and Islands. Dr Annie Tindley
  • The Lorn Combination Poorhouse. Elaine McChesney
  • The River that Flows to Australia. John MacFarlane
  • St. Conan’s Kirk, Loch Awe. Neil Horn
  • New evidence for the earliest inhabitants of Argyll. Steven Mithen

Historic Argyll Issue 21 2016

  • Committee
  • Historic Kilmun – A Romp Through History Sue McKillop
  • Fraoch Eilean Castle Niall Campbell
  • Walking in the Steps of St. MoluagVery Rev’d Dr Alexander E Nimmo

Historic Argyll Issue 22 2017

  • LAHS Committee
  • Mary & lain Ciar A MacDougall Jacobite Couple Linda G. Fryer
  • Clearance Villages of Morvern Jennie Robertson
  • Archaeology on Lismore Robert Hunter
  • Scotland Mapping the Islands Christopher Fleet

Historic Argyll Issue 23 2018     JOURNAL FOR SALE

  • LAHS Committee
  • 6000 Years in Swordle Bay,
  • Ardnamurchan Oliver Harris, Hannah Cobb and Phil Richardson
  • Notes on the Woodland History of Argyll James Fenton
  • Royal Air Force Oban Neil Owen
  • Kilbride: a Past Too Rich To Have No Future Liam Griffin
  • Book Review: The Story of Lismore in 50 Objects Bob Hay

Historic Argyll Issue 24 2019   JOURNAL FOR SALE

  • The Secrets of St Cormac Jo Woolf Writer in Residence at the Royal Scottish Geographical Society
  • Excavations in Glenorchy/Glenstrae Sponsored by The Clan Gregor Society in association with Northlight Heritage
  • Rock Art Dr Teria Barnett Principal Investigator Scotland’s Rock Art Project
  • Crosses and carvings in Iona’s Nunnery and Abbey Rosemary Power
  • Insights into the Argyll Papers Alison Diamond Archivist, The Argyll Papers Archive, Inverary
  • The Rockfield’s Story of a Former Primary School Mhairi Livingston