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
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/64195
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Balmaclellan
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Stewartry
- Former County Kirkcudbrightshire
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.
Photographic Survey (1986)
Recording of gravestones in Balmaclellan churchyard, Dumfries & Galloway, by Mrs Betty Willsher in 1986.
