Slaying of the Red Comyn

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Memorial details

Memorial type: Board / Plaque / Tablet
District: Nithsdale
Town: Dumfries
County: Dumfries And Galloway
Country: Scotland
Commemoration: Bannockburn Campaign (1314)
Lost: Not lost
WM Reference: 71601

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Current location

empty shop [as at Dec 2016] between Greggs Bakers and Border Travel
opposite the Burns Statue
Dumfries
Nithsdale
Dumfries And Galloway
DG1 2RF
Scotland

OS Grid Ref: NX 97091 76196
Denomination: Undefined

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Description

Bronze Plaque

Inscription

HERE STOOD THE MONASTERY/OF THE GREYFRIARS WHERE/ON THURSDAY 10TH FEB/1306 ROBERT THE BRUCE/AIDED BY /SIR ROGER KIRKPATRICK/SLEW THE RED COMYN AND/OPENED THE FINAL STAGE/OF THE WAR FOR/SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE/WHICH ENDED VICTORIOUSLY ON/THE FIELD OF BANNOCKBURN/1314/'I MAK SICCAR'/ERECTED BY THE CITIZENS OF/DUMFRIES & THE SALTIRE SOCIETY

Inscription legible?

yes

Commemorations

Bannockburn Campaign (1314)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined

Components

Plaque
Measurements: depth 15mm, height 620mm, width 410mm
Materials: Bronze

Condition

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Trust fund/Scholarship

No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

Reference

warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=1494&mforum=warmemscot

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