Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cairn
- District
- Nithsdale
- Town
- Dumfries
- County
- Dumfries And Galloway
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- Scottish Covenanters (1638-1687)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 1986
Attended by:
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 71600
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Current location
on the whitesands
outside the market entrance
Whitesands
Dumfries
Nithsdale
Dumfries And Galloway
DG1 2RS
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NX 97069 76021
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Stone Plinth with stone dedication plaque
- Inscription
- JAMES KIRKO/MARTYR/was shot/on the sands/13th May 1685
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Kirko, James
See details - Commemorations
- Scottish Covenanters (1638-1687)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forename, date of death, place of death
Order of information: Undefined
- Scottish Covenanters (1638-1687)
- Components
- Plinth
Measurements: depth 580mm, height 920mm, width 1240mm
Materials: Stone - Tablet
Measurements: height 510mm, width 510mm
Materials: Stone
- Plinth
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
Details: Nithsdale District Council as part of Dumfries 800th Anniversary Celebrations - Reference
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