THE WRITERS have been studying the Late-glacial and Post-glacial shorelines of south-east Scotland for several years. Some of the results of these studies have been published in various papers dealing with particular shorelines or aspects of the area, but no attempt has so far been made to present a statement of the pattern of sea-level changes in the area as a whole. It is felt that such a statement is now required, and the purpose of this paper is to fulfil this requirement as briefly as possible. It is not intended to discuss here the field evidence in detail, since this is far too abundant to be considered in a single paper. The nature of the evidence will be apparent, however, from the two papers presented by the authors elsewhere in this volume and from the references to their work at the end of this volume. The main methods of study of the area (which comprises the Forth and Tay lowlands together with the intervening coast of East Fife) and progress to date in their application are as follows.