Contents of volume 81

for 1959, published 1960

Annual review, 5-24
- Obituary
  - Giles Stephen Holland Fox-Strangways, Earl of Ilchester, 11-12
Geology and Natural History
- Report on rainfall in Dorset in 1959, D. J. Paxman, 25-27
- Geology, W. D. Lang, 29-30
- Botany, E. M. Samuel, 30
- Arthropods other than Lepidoptera, R. F. Dalton, 30-33
- Lepidoptera, A. A. Lisney, 33-39
- Fish, J. B. Hawthorne, 39-40
- Amphibians, B. Gooch, 40
- Reptiles, B. Gooch, 40
- Birds, A. J. Bull, 40-56
- Mammals, B. Gooch, 57-58
- The Mesozoic Reptiles of Dorset, J. B. Delair, 59-85
- On some Leaf-shape Sequences in Poplars, W. D. Lang, 86-88
- Portraits of Mary Anning and other items, W. D. Lang, 89-91
Archaeology and History
- Archaeological notes and news for 1959, R. A. H. Farrar, 92-109
  - The Opening of a Round Barrow at West Lulworth in 1916, V. P. Kitchin, 92-93
  - Interim Report on Excavation at Hog Cliff Hill, Maiden Newton, P. A. Rahtz, 94
  - Three Cist Burials near Kimmeridge, R. A. H. Farrar, 94-97
  - A Fragment of a Mosaic in Glyde Path Road, Dorchester, R. A. H. Farrar, 97-99
  - A Romano-British Barrow, Knob's Crook, Woodlands, Dorset, P. J. Fowler, 99-100
  - Interim Report on Excavations at Bokerly Dyke, P. A. Rahtz, 100-102
  - An Excavation at the Earthwork in Bowley's Plantation, Owermoigne, N. H. Field, 102-103
  - A Medieval Kiln at Hermitage, near Cerne Abbas, N. H. Field, 103
  - White's Schedule of the Dorset Beacons, Percy Russell, 103-106
  - Miscellaneous discoveries and accessions, R. A. H. Farrar, 106-109
- Book review
  - The Archaeology of Wessex, by L. V. Grinsell, H. S. L. Dewar, 109
- Excavation of Multiple Banks, Thickthorn Down, Dorset, D. W. Harding, 110-113
- Some Archaeological Discoveries in the Isle of Purbeck, Part 2, J. B. Calkin, 114-123
  - Early Bronze Age Remains at Lynchard, Langton Matravers, J. B. Calkin, 116-118
- An Early Iron Age/ Romano-British Site at Pins Knoll, Litton Cheney, C. J. Bailey, 124-126
- Holworth Medieval Village excavation, 1958, P. A. Rahtz, 127-147
- Steelyard Weights: a Postscript, D. F. Renn, 148-149
- Making of the Dorset Domesday, R. Weldon Finn, 150-157
Index, 159-160

17 August 2006