Memorial details

Memorial type
Flag or banner
District
Stewartry
Town
Kirkcudbright
County
Dumfries And Galloway
Country
Scotland
Commemoration
Scottish Covenanters (1638-1687), Jacobite Risings (1689-1746)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
71879

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Current location

Stewartry Museum
St Mary Street
Kirkcudbright
Stewartry
Dumfries And Galloway
DG6 4AA
Scotland

OS Grid Ref: NX 68337 50862
Denomination: Undefined

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Previous locations
  • Earlston Church
    Dalry
    Dumfries And Galloway
    Scotland

    OS Grid Ref: Undefined
    Denomination: Church of Scotland
  • in the Hall of Remembrance
    Scots Church
    Sydney
    Australia
    Australia

    OS Grid Ref: Undefined
    Denomination: Undefined
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Description
“A rare and nationally important painted silk banner which was raised against the Jacobites in 1715 and which has been in Australia for the past 90 years has been repatriated, conserved by the SMC Conservation Service in Edinburgh and unveiled in its new home, The Stewartry Museum in Kirkcudbright. Dumfries & Galloway Council Museums Curator David Devereux coordinated the project, which was largely funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund. Alex Fergusson, MSP for Galloway and Upper Nithsdale, unveiled the banner, donated to the museum by its owner Sir Robert Gordon. Joseph Robison, Honorary Curator of The Stewartry Museum in the early 20th century believed that the Gordons had used the banner during the Covenanting troubles of the 1670s and 1680s although a panel with the date 1715 appears in the top left corner of the banner. Robison assumed this was probably added later, when Sir Thomas Gordon raised his followers to defend Dumfries against the threat of the ‘Old Pretender’ and Jacobite forces. During the conservation work, by SMC Conservation Officer Tuula Pardoe, it became apparent that the banner’s painted inscriptions were all executed contemporaneously, indicating that 1715 was in fact the year it was made.
Inscription
[none]
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • Scottish Covenanters (1638-1687)
    Total names on memorial: 0
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 0
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
  • Jacobite Risings (1689-1746)
    Total names on memorial: 0
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 0
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Banner
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Fabric
Condition
History
Conserve d and restored early 21st century after its return from Australia
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference

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