Deerness Covenanters Memorial

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Memorial details

Memorial type

District

Town

County

Country

Commemoration

Scottish Covenanters (1638-1687)

Ceremony

Opened
Date: 22 August 1888
Attended by:

Lost

Not lost

WM Reference

76253

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Current location

about 1 milr from the end of the road at Seatter
on the cliff edge
Deerness
Orkney
Orkney
KW17 2QJ
Scotland

OS Grid Ref: HY 57195 08801
Denomination: Undefined

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Description

Brick Built Tower with in built stone dedication tablet at a low level on one side of the memorial

Inscription

FOR CHRIST HIS CROWN-COVENANT/ERECTED/BY/PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION/AUG 1888/TO/THE MEMORY OF/200 COVENANTERS/WHO WERE TAKEN PRISONERS/AT BOTHWELL BRIDGE AND/SENTENCED TO TRANSPORTATION/FOR LIFE, BUT WHO PERISHED BY/SHIPWRECK NEAR THIS SPOT/ON 10TH DECEMBER 1679

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

Components

Tower
Measurements: height C10000MM
Materials: Brick
Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone

Condition

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Trust fund/Scholarship

No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

Sponsorship

Public

Reference

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