Memorial
Auchencloy Covenanters Memorial
Current Location
Note Access is via a 2km walk from the nearest forest road access, only possible April to October. Local advice should be sought first and all necessary precautions taken, in the Galloway Forest, Raiders Road-a forest track, near Auchencloy, Dumfries and Galloway, DG7 3SH, Scotland
OS Grid Reference
NX 603 709
Names listed on this memorial
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- Type of Memorial
- Cairn
- WMR Reference Number
- 79275
- Description
- Triangular tall stone pillar on a square stone base, with a stone dedication plaque. One of the four men (Robert Ferguson) is buried very close by, but the other three were buried at Dalry- 2 still are, but James McMichael was subsequently exhumed. His subsequent grave location is unknown.
- Inscription
- ERECTED/IN MEMORY OF THE MARTYRS/R FERGUSSON J MACMICHAEL/R STUART AND J GRIER/WHO FELL ON THIS SPOT 18 DEC 1684/FROM A COLLECTION MADE HERE/ON THE 16 AUG 1835/AND THE PROFITS OF THE SERMON/AFTERWARDS PUBLISHED/PREACHED ON THAT DAY/BY THE/REV R JEFFREY OF GIRTHON/DANIEL III 17 18; / On Robert Stewart's gravestone, a few yards away-HERE LYES ROBERT FERGUIS [sic]/SON WHO WAS/SURPRIZED AND/INSTANTLY SHOT/TO DEATH ON THIS/PLACE BY GRAHAM OF CLAVERHOUSE/FOR HIS ADHEARANCE [sic]/TO SCOTLANDS/ME MENTO MORI/REFORMATION/COVENANTS/NATIONALL [sic]/AND SOLEMN/LEAGUE 1684
- War
- Scottish Covenanters (1638-1687)
- Number Commemorated
- 4
- Died
- 4
- Information shown
- surname, initial of forename, date of death, place of death, manner of death
Components
- Pillar
Made from: Stone
Condition: Good
- Base
Made from: Stone
Condition: Good
- Tablet
Made from: Stone
Condition: Good