Caithness CWS - Caithness Field Club - Annual Bulletins - 1980 - October

Excavation Reports Relating To Caithness
L J Myatt

Members frequently ask where they may find further information on some of the antiquities of Caithness. Some of the sites have in the past been excavated and when this is the case there is a good chance that the excavation will appear as a report in one of the archaeological journals. Chance finds are often similarly recorded. Many of the reports are to be found in copies of the Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland and the following list of reports which may not be complete includes most of the important sites which have been reported in the Proceedings. Many of the earlier volumes are held in the Wick library and are available there for reference.

Vol	Page	Author	Title
1	149		Stone Vessels found at Auchorn, Caithness
1	182	A H Rhind	Celtic Population of North Britain
1	264	A H Rhind	Relics of a Pict's house at Kettleburn
2	372	A H Rhind	Excavation of Tumuli at Caithness
2	19	R Chambers	The Snuff-box of Rev. Alexander Pope
6	442	J Anderson	Chambered Cairns of Caithness
7	480	J Anderson	Horned Cairns of Caithness
7	56	S Laing	Age of Brochs in Caithness
8	186	J A Smith	Reindeer in Caithness
8	193		Excavation of Mounds at Keiss
9	292		Excavation of Cairns at Bruan, Yarhouse and Warth Hill
9	422	R Campbell	Discovery of Silver Rings at Dunnet
11	87		Articles by Robert, Bishop of Caithness, 1549
12	314	J Anderson	Celtic or Norwegian Origin of Brochs
12	630	J Ferguson	Norwegian Origin of Scottish Brochs
12	571		Notes of the Earldom of Caithness
13	76	J A Smith	Remains of the Great Auk in Caithness
14	51	J Anderson	Burial Customs of the Norse Sea Kings
14	436	J Ferguson	The Great Auk in Caithness
14	445	J Anderson	Silver Brooch found at Achavrole
23	344		Symbol Stone at Sandside, Reay
26	351	J Mackay	Excavation of Ousdale Broch
27		F T Barry	Sculptured Stone from Keiss
30	135		Crusie Lamps from Caithness
31	238		Silver Cup from Canisbay, Caithness
31	293		Sculptured Stones from Thurso and Keiss
32	324		Inscriptions of the Northern Picts
35	102		Nine Brochs, along the Caithness Coast
38		Ogham	Inscription from Latheron
45	181-186	J E Cree	Excavation of a Hut Circle, Ackergill Tower, Wick, Caithness
46	77-89	A O Curle	Excavation of a Galleried Structure, Langwell, Caithness
48	292-315	J Curle	Scandinavian Grave Finds from Island of Oronsay & Reay Caithness
50	314-316	J Nicolson	The Exploration of the Kirk-stones of Stroupster, Wick, Caithness
55	213-220	S Orr	Clothing found on a skeleton, Quintfall Hill, Barrock Estate
56	66-67	J Nicolson	Cross Slab found at St. John's Chapel, Canisbay
58	227-238	W D Simpson	Dornoch Cathedral - The High Church of Caithness
59	85-95	A J H Edwards	Excavation of a Chambered Cairn Ham, and Hut Circle and Earth Houses, Freswick Links
60	160-182	A J H Edwards	Excavation of a Number of Graves, Ackergill
61	196-209	A J H Edwards	Excavation of Graves at Ackergill, and an Earthouse at Freswick links and Discovery of a Viking Grave at Reay
61	301-17	T H Bryce	On the Bones from the Graves at Ackergill
63	138-153	A J H Edwards	Excavations at Reay links and a Horned Cairn at Lower Dounreay
66	136-37	L D Dunbar	Corn Bykes of Caithness
69	108-21	L D Dunbar	Fort at Skitten, Wick
73	71-109	A O Curle	Viking Settlement at Freswick
74	138	A J H Edwards	A Brooch Fragment from Freswick Links
75	23	A O Curle	Partial Excavation of the "Wag" at Forse, Latheron
77	5	V G Childe	Late Viking House at Freswick
80	112	A O Curle	Excavation of the "Wag" at Forse, Latheron
82	124	C S T Calder	Excavation of the Broch of Skitten, Kilmster
82	275	A O Curle	The "Wag" of Forse, Caithness - Further Excavation
84	218	R B K Stevenson	Pictish Sculpture from Reay
95	171	A Young	Brochs and Duns
98		J X W P Corcoran	Excavation of Three Chambered Cairns at Loch
100	123	A D S Macdonald & L R Laing	Early Ecclesiastical Sites in Scotland: a Field Survey, Part 1.
106	194	J Close-Brooks	Two Bonzes from Caithness
108	378	E Talbot	The Ring of Castlehill, Caithness - a Viking Fortification?