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Balmaclellan Churchyard

Covenanters Grave (17th Century), Grave (19th Century), War Memorial (19th Century)

Site Name Balmaclellan Churchyard

Classification Covenanters Grave (17th Century), Grave (19th Century), War Memorial (19th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Covenanter's Grave; Crimean War Memorial; Robert Paterson 'old Mortality' Grave

Canmore ID 64195

Site Number NX67NE 12

NGR NX 65159 79106

NGR Description Centred NX 65159 79106

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Dumfries And Galloway
  • Parish Balmaclellan
  • Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
  • Former District Stewartry
  • Former County Kirkcudbrightshire

Archaeology Notes

NX67NE 12.00 centred 65159 79106

NX67NE 12.01 NX 65157 79121 Crimean War Memorial

Location formerly entered as NX 651 791.

See also:

NX67NE 51 NX 65169 79125 Balmaclellan Parish Church

In Balmaclellan churchyard (NX 651 791) is the tombstone of Robert Grierson, a Covenanter shot in 1685 by command of Col J Douglas at Ingleston, in Glencairn. Also in the churchyard is the tombstone of Robert Paterson, 'Old Mortality' who died in 1801.

A S Morton 1914.

Activities

Photographic Survey (1986)

Recording of gravestones in Balmaclellan churchyard, Dumfries & Galloway, by Mrs Betty Willsher in 1986.

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