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Memorial details

Memorial type
Stone of remembrance
District
Stewartry
Town
Balmaclellan
County
Dumfries And Galloway
Country
Scotland
Commemoration
Scottish Covenanters (1638-1687)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
71810

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Current location

In the churchyard
Balmacellan Parish Church
A712
Balmaclellan
Stewartry
Dumfries And Galloway
DG7 3QE
Scotland

OS Grid Ref: NX 65171 79122
Denomination: Church of Scotland

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Description
Table gravestone
Inscription
Five friends - Robert Grierson, Robert Edgar,/John Gibson, James Bennoch, and Robert Mitchell (from Cumnock),/were arrested and taken to Ingleston Mains Farm,/where they were herded into a walled enclosure./After a swift trial they were deemed to be deserving of death/and were shot where they stood.
Inscription legible?
no
Names on memorial
Bennoch, James
Edgar, Robert
Gibson, John
Grierson, Robert
Mitchell, Robert
See details for all 5 names
Commemorations
  • Scottish Covenanters (1638-1687)
    Total names on memorial: 5
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 5
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, forenames, place of death, manner of death
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Stone of remembrance
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference

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