Contents of volume 78

for 1956, published 1957

Annual Review, 5-27
- Obituaries
  - Charles Douglas Drew, 11-17 with 1 plate facing p.11
  - Godfrey Dru Drury, 18 with 1 plate facing
  - Harold King, 19
Geology and Natural History
- Rainfall in Dorset 1956, D. J. Paxman, 28-29
- Dorset Natural History 1956, 30-50
  - Geology, W. D. Lang, 30
  - Botany, D. Meggison, 31
  - Invertebrates other than Arthropods, W. D. Lang, 31
  - Arthropods other than Lepidoptera, R. F. Dalton, 32
  - Lepidoptera, A. A. Lisney, 32-36
  - Vertebrates other than Birds and Mammals, R. F. Dalton, 36
  - Birds, A. J. Bull, 37-47
  - Mammals, Enid Benham, 48-50
- The Geology of the Thornford Pipe Trench, Joseph Fowler, 51-57
- The Rhaetic and Liassic Beds at Tolcis, near Axminster, A. Hallam, 58-63
- The Fuller's Earth Outcrop in South Dorset, Michael R. House, 64-70
- Poxwell Wind Gap, Brian H. Mottram, 71-72
Archaeology and History
- Archaeological Fieldwork in Dorset 1956, R. A. H. Farrar, 73-92
  - Romano-British buildings at Woodhouse Hill, Studland, third interim report, (N. H. Field), 75
  - Further flint sites near Afflington, Corfe Castle, (P. A. Brown), 75-76
  - An unrecorded barrow and possible Mesolithic flints on Corfe Common, (P. A. Brown), 76
  - A Celtic settlement, possibly manufacturing shale armlets, near Bradle Barn, Church Knowlei (P. A. Brown), 76
  - Romano-British finds near St Aldhelm's Head, Worth Matravers, (P. A. Brown), 76-77
  - Some recent cuttings through Wareham Walls and the Dyke on Wareham Common, 77-79
  - Excavation of a barrow at Chick's Hill, East Stoke, (Paul Ashbee), 79
  - Recent work in the borough of Dorchester, 79-80
  - A Romano-British settlement on Fordington Down, Bradford Peverell, 80-81
  - The mediaeval hamlet of Elston, Sydling St Nicholas, (C. D. Drew), 81
  - The `Frampton Villa', Maiden Newton, 81-83
  - A polished axe from Portesham, (M. W. Thompson), 83-84
  - Interim report on excavations at Litton Cheney, (J. S. Wacher), 84
  - Earthworks on Askerswell Down (Askerswell and Litton Cheney), 84-85
  - Romano-British and mediaeval finds at Yondover, Loders, (J. G. Hurst), 85-87
  - Further finds at `Chisels', Shipton Gorge, (W. Butcher), 87
  - Excavations at Milton Abbey, second interim report, (E. A. Gee), 87
  - Discoveries in the Sherborne district, (C. E. Bean), 88-89
  - Miscellaneous discoveries and accessions, 89-92
- S. Martin's Church, Wareham, and S. Aldhelm, B. R. Kier Moilliet, 93
- Dorchester Model Prison 1791-1816, Maureen B. Weinstock, 94-109
- Relations between Wessex and Cornwall in Early Days, W. Stuart Best, 110-114
Index, 115-116