A D Ritchie

Biographic Data

ID1176987
NAMEA D Ritchie
GIVEN NAMESA D
FAMILY NAMERitchie
SIGNATURERITCHIE A D
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Edinburgh
ORCID0000-0002-0025-6415
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS37
TOTAL CITATIONS27
WORKS AS AUTHOR37
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1924
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2021
H-INDEX2

  • An Overlooked Gem of Pictish Art

    A D Ritchie, Anna Ritchie et al.ARTICLEMedieval Archaeology2021References: 8

    A little-known fragment of cross-slab from St Ringan’s Cairn in the Grampian Mountains of Aberdeenshire (Scotland) is identified as a significant example of Pictish sculptural art of the late 8th or early 9th centuries. It was created by a skilled stone-carver with an exceptional sense of design, probably based in a monastery in southern Aberdeenshire or Angus, and its location marked an important route through the mountains between northern and …

  • A Pictish ‘serpent’ incised slab from Jarlshof, Shetland

    James Graham-Campbell, James Graham‐campbell et al.ARTICLEProceedings of the Society of…2019

    The identification and dating of a supposed Norse grave slab of 10th-/11th-century date from Jarlshof, Shetland, consisting of two decorated fragments picked up on the beach beside this multi-period settlement site in the 1930s, are rejected by the authors of this paper in favour of a Pictish attribution, a late 6th- or early 7th-century date, and a probable architectural function. On the basis of a detailed examination of the two fragments of th…

  • Another Pictish cross-of-arcs

    A D Ritchie, Anna RitchieARTICLEProceedings of the Society of…2018

    A fragment of carved stone known as ‘Lerwick’ (NMS X.IB.19) is argued to have come, most probably, from the Pictish levels at Jarlshof, Dunrossness, Shetland, sometime before June 1861. The stone bears part of a Pictish crescent symbol on one side and part of a cross-of-arcs embellished with decorated lentoid forms on the other. The symbol-bearing cross-slab from which the fragment comes probably dates to the 7th century and may have stood in or …

  • Pictish symbol stones and early cross-slabs from Orkney

    Ian G Scott, A D Ritchie et al.ARTICLEProceedings of the Society of…2015

    Orkney shared in the flowering of interest in stone carving that took place throughout Scotland from the 7th century ad onwards. The corpus illustrated here includes seven accomplished Pictish symbol-bearing stones, four small stones incised with rough versions of symbols, at least one relief-ornamented Pictish cross-slab, thirteen cross-slabs (including recumbent slabs), two portable cross-slabs and two pieces of church furniture in the form of …

  • From Colonsay to Whithorn

    A D Ritchie, Anna RitchieARTICLEProceedings of the Society of…2013

    William B M Galloway (1832-97) is one of the less well-known Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland in the second half of the 19th century whose achievements deserve recognition. He was an architect with a distinct archaeological bent, and he was particularly interested in early ecclesiastical buildings and sculpture. He appears to have worked freelance after an initial training in Patrick Wilson's architectural practice, and he is bes…

  • Cemeteries of platform cairns and long cists around Sinclair's Bay, Caithness

    A D Ritchie, Anna RitchieARTICLEProceedings of the Society of…2012

    The cemetery at Ackergill in Caithness has become the type site for Pictish platform cairns. A re-appraisal based on Society of Antiquaries of Scotland manuscripts, together with published sources, shows that, rather than comprising only the eight cairns and two long cists excavated by Edwards in the 1920s, the cemetery was more extensive. Close to Edward's site, Barry had already excavated two other circular cairns, three rectangular cairns and …

  • Richard Bradley. Stages and screens

    Open AccessA D Ritchie, Anna RitchieARTICLEAntiquity2012

    Richard Bradley. Stages and screens: an investigation of four henge monuments in northern and north-eastern Scotland. xxiv+196 pages, 130 illustrations. 2011. Edinburgh: Society of Antiquaries of Scotland; 978-0-903903-38-7 hardback. - Volume 86 Issue 332

  • A fragment of a Pictish symbol-bearing slab with carving in relief from Mail, Cunningsburgh, Shetland

    A D Ritchie, Anna RitchieARTICLEProceedings of the Society of…2009

    A fragment of carved stone found in March 2008 is considered likely to be part of a Pictish cross-slab of eighth- to tenth-century date. It bears a double disc and Z-rod within a frame and part of an interlace design, carved in incision and low relief. This is the fifth symbol-bearing monument known from Shetland and the only one to bear this particular symbol. Each disc is infilled with a cross of arcs, but it is uncertain whether this is purely…

  • The Dupplin Cross

    Gordon Ewart, Dennis Gallagher et al.ARTICLEProceedings of the Society of…2008

    Widespread public concern about the weathering of the Dupplin Cross resulted in its removal from its site in the parklands of Dupplin Castle to a sheltered environment at St Serf’s Church, Dunning. An archaeological investigation of the immediate environment of the cross was carried out as part of this operation. This paper describes the cross and its context in the royal and ecclesiastical milieu of the ninth century. Cartographic evidence shows…

  • Mousa

    A D Ritchie, Anna RitchieCHAPTER2003

  • Skara Brae

    A D Ritchie, Anna RitchieCHAPTER2003

  • Lecture summaries

    A D Ritchie, Anna Ritchie et al.ARTICLEProceedings of the Society of…1987

    Nine lecture summaries:Holm of Papa Westray: an insight into the Neolithic use of chambered tombsCord rig and early cultivation in the BordersEarly church architecture in the south of ScotlandTorphichen and the Knights of Saint John of JerusalemThe Dartmouth: a 17th-century warship in the Sound of MullThe procurement and use of stone for flaked tools in prehistoric ScotlandPower and authority in Early Historic Scotland: Pictish stones and other d…

  • Excavation of a Neolithic farmstead at Knap of Howar, Papa Westray, Orkney

    A D Ritchie, Anna Ritchie et al.ARTICLEProceedings of the Society of…1984Cited by: 14

    Re-excavation of two stone-built houses and associated midden deposits identified a farming community of the later fourth millennium BC, attributable to the makers of Unstan ware, and yielded extensive information about the contemporary natural environment

  • Scotland

    Andrew B Smith, Graham Ritchie et al.ARTICLEThe South African Archaeological…1981

    Hunters and fishermen early farming communities - chambered tombs/settlements/pottery/stone axes and carved stone balls Henge monuments and stone circles the first metal workers - pottery and burials/cairns and standing stones/decorated stones/bronze and gold objects/settlements and agriculture warrior celts - forts/palisaded homesteads and settlements/brochs/duns/crannogs/souterrains/wheelhouses/social structure and art Roman Scotland - Gnaeus J…

  • Excavation of Pictish and Viking-age farmsteads at Buckquoy, Orkney

    A D Ritchie, Anna Ritchie et al.ARTICLEProceedings of the Society of…1979Cited by: 11

    HY 243282. Excavation revealed five superimposed farmsteads and quantities of finds. Phases I-II were Pictish, 7th to early 8th centuries, with a distinctive 'figure-of-eight' shaped house plan in II. Phases III-V had typically Norse house plans, and a final date for occupation is provided by a furnished burial made in the ruins of the Phase V house and dated to third quarter of 10th century. A degree of social integration between Pict and Norsem…

  • A long cist at Cnoc Aingil, Islay, Argyll

    Graham Ritchie, G S Ritchie et al.ARTICLEProceedings of the Society of…1977

  • Excavation of a barrow at Queenafjold, Twatt, Orkney

    Graham Ritchie, G S Ritchie et al.ARTICLEProceedings of the Society of…1975

  • A Prehistoric Field-Boundary From the Black Crofts, North Connel, Argyll

    Open AccessA D Ritchie, Anna Ritchie et al.ARTICLEGlasgow Archaeological Journal1974

    country where most of the surviving evidence is to be found, both as ditch-systems or lynchets and as small walled fields or enclosures, although recent work by the Archaeology Division, Ordnance Survey, is now redressing the regional imbalance An elaborate programme of research is currently being undertaken on the field-walls which have been discovered beneath the blanket peat in the west of Ireland(2), and it is the purpose of this note to make…

  • Painted pebbles in early Scotland

    A D Ritchie, Anna RitchieARTICLEProceedings of the Society of…1974

    Pebbles with simple but carefully-painted designs are unique to Caithness and the Northern Isles between 3rd and 8th centuries AD. Their apparent connection with Pictish culture is supported by some sharing of motifs with the repertoire of the Pictish symbol stones. They may be charm stones like those known from medieval sources and folklore; the Life of St Columba also contains a reference to a healing stone

  • George Berkeley

    Ian Tipton, A D Ritchie et al.ARTICLEThe Philosophical Quarterly1969

    Journal Article Book Reviews Get access George Berkeley: A Reappraisal. By A. D. Ritchie. Edited by G. E. Davie. ( Manchester University Press, 1967. Pp. xviii + 189. Price 32s 6d) Ian Tipton Ian Tipton Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 19, Issue 74, January 1969, Pages 83–84, https://doi.org/10.2307/2218196 Published: 01 January 1969

  • Studies in the History and Methods of the Sciences

    J J C Smart, A D RitchieARTICLEThe Philosophical Quarterly1961

  • Short Notices

    A D Ritchie, Ann‐Marie RitchieARTICLEThe English Historical Review1959

    Journal Article Short Notices Get access A. D. RITCHIE A. D. RITCHIE University of Edinburgh Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume LXXIV, Issue 291, April 1959, Pages 366-a–366, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/LXXIV.291.366-a Published: 01 April 1959

  • Facts and Faith. The Dual Nature of Reality

    A D Ritchie, Reginald O KappARTICLEThe Philosophical Quarterly1956

    Book Reviews Get access Facts and Faith. The Dual Nature of Reality. By Reginald O. Kapp. (Riddell Memorial Lectures. London : Oxford University Press. 1955. Pp. 63. Price 5s). A. D. Ritchie A. D. Ritchie Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 6, Issue 24, July 1956, Pages 287–288, https://doi.org/10.2307/2216777 Published: 01 July 1956

  • Science and the Human Imagination

    A D Ritchie, Mary B Hesse et al.ARTICLEThe Philosophical Quarterly1956

    Journal Article Book Reviews Get access Science and the Human Imagination. By Mary B. Hesse (London : S.C.M. Press. 1954. Pp. 171. Price 12s 6d). A. D. Ritchie A. D. Ritchie Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 6, Issue 22, January 1956, Pages 94–95, https://doi.org/10.2307/2217361 Published: 01 January 1956

  • Short Notices

    A D RitchieARTICLEThe English Historical Review1955

    SHORT NOTICES Get access A. D. RITCHIE A. D. RITCHIE Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume LXX, Issue CCLXXIV, January 1955, Pages 171–172, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/LXX.CCLXXIV.171 Published: 01 January 1955