Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Perth And Kinross
Town
Dunkeld
County
Tayside
Country
Scotland
Commemoration
Jacobite Risings (1689-1746)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 1903
    Attended by:
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
6065

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Current location

Dunkeld Cathedral
Cathedral Street
Dunkeld
Perth And Kinross
Tayside
PH8 0AW
Scotland

OS Grid Ref: NO 02459 42597
Denomination: Church of Scotland

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Description
Rectangular tablet with raised upper corners and the lettering in black.
Inscription
IN MEMORY OF/ LIEUT. COLONEL WILLIAM CLELAND/ THE CAMERONIANS/ THE EARL OF ANGUS' REGIMENT/ WHO FELL AT THE BATTLE OF DUNKELD ON 21ST AUGUST 1689/ AN ABLE POET, A DEVOTED PATRIOT/ A BRAVE SOLDIER AND A PIOUS CHRISTIAN/ BURIED IN THE NAVE OF THIS CATHEDRAL/ ERECTED IN 1903 BY AN OLD CAMERONIAN
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Cleland, William
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Commemorations
  • Jacobite Risings (1689-1746)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Surname,rank, date of death, regiment,place of death,forename
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: height 600mm, width 840mm
    Materials: Granite
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference

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