Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Stone of remembrance
- District
- Gordon
- Town
- Alford
- County
- Grampian
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- Scottish Covenanters (1638-1687)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 2 July 1990
Attended by: James Lawrence, Provost of Gordon District Council
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 8551
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Current location
Cemetery on last road leaving Alford to the west
Parkhill Road
Alford
Gordon
Grampian
AB33 8FE
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NJ 5714 1643
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Stone boulder with accompanying dedication tablet
- Inscription
- THE GORDON STONE/PLACED HERE BY THE DONSIDE COMMUNITY COUNCIL/AND GORDON DISTRICT COUNCIL/TO COMMEMORATE THE BATTLE OF ALFORD/FOUGHT IN THE AREA ON 2ND JULY 1645/BETWEEN THE FORCES OF THE ROYALIST EARL OF MONTROSE/AND THOSE OF THE COVENANTING MAJOR GENERAL BAILLIE/MONTROSE WON A CONVINCING VICTORY/BUT LOST ONE OF HIS BEST COMMANDERS DURING THE FIGHTING/LORD GORDON WAS SHOT DEAD IN THE ACT/OF PULLING GENERAL BAILLIE FROM HIS HORSE/THIS PLAQUE WAS UNVEILED ON 2ND JULY 1990/BY JAMES LAWRENCE/PROVOST OF GORDON DISTRICT COUNCIL
- 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
- Scottish Covenanters (1638-1687)
- Components
- Stone of remembrance
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite
- Stone of remembrance
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
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