Memorial details

Memorial type
Pillar / Column
District
Argyll And Bute
Town
Dunoon
County
Strathclyde
Country
Scotland
Commemoration
Wars of the Three Kingdoms (1639-1652)
Maker
Scott and Rae (Sculptor)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 29 September 1906
    Attended by: Major John Henry Lamont of Lamont, chief of the clan.
  • Dedicated
    Date: 29 September 1906
    Attended by: Rev. John Lamond, Edinburgh
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Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
58279

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Current location

The memorial is located at the junction of Park Avenue
and Tom-A-Mhoid Road. The memorials location is close to the site of the massacre of the Lamont Clan.
Tom-A-Mhoid Road (A815)
Dunoon
Argyll And Bute
Strathclyde
PA23 7HS
Scotland

OS Grid Ref: NS 17398 76416
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Grey granite dolmen rising out of a bouldered cairn. The north face is carved with a ringed and bossed Celtic cross and inset with a bronze scroll commorating more than two hundred members of the Lamont Clan.
Inscription
To the memory of/their loyal forefathers/who perished near this spot./THE CLAN LAMONT/dedicated this monument/ September 1906/ During the civil wars of the seventeeth/century the Lamonts espoused the Royalist cause/thereby incurring the hostility of neighbouring/clans who laid seige to the castles of/Toward and Ascog. Sir James Lamont of that Ilk was forced to/surrender at Toward on 3rd June, 1649. When in/violation of Articles of capitulation and Indemnity/signed by the besiegers over two hundred/of the Lamonts were bound,/carried in boats to Dunoon,/and there murdered. Among those who thus perished/were:/ Neill MacPatrick or Lamont Archibald Lamont son to Baron MacPatrick of Cowstoume Robert Duncan and Hugh Lamont his brother Duncan Ger Lamont in Kilmarnock Gocie and John Lamont his son Ewen Lamont in Midtowart Gilbert Lamont, Duncan Lamont John Archibald and Donald MackQuein or Lamont, brothers Duncan and John sons of Walter Lamont, brother to the Laird of Escog Hugh Lamont in corro of the carrie Robert Duncan, Angus Donald and Walter Lamont, all in the carrie Duncan Lamont called MackWalter there Alexander Lamont in Ardyne of Nethercowall William Lamont John MackQuein younger, or Lamont Patrick Boigle, son of the Minister at Rothesay Dougall Happer or MacKalaster, servant to Sir James Lamont John Lamont son to Gilbert Lamont or Khockdow Gilbert MacKley in Glendardwall James Lamont in Ardyne Donald Lamont James MackQuein or Lamont in Nethercowall James Lamont his son John MackPatrick or Lamont in Ardyne John Lamont in Auchnishelloch John Jamison Provost of Rothesay
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • Wars of the Three Kingdoms (1639-1652)
    Total names on memorial: 26
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 26
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, forenames, relationships, additional
    Order of information: additional
Components
  • Pillar
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Granite
  • Plaque
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Bronze
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference

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