St John's Town Of Dalry, Burial-ground, Martyrs' Grave
Gravestone (Period Unassigned)
Site Name St John's Town Of Dalry, Burial-ground, Martyrs' Grave
Classification Gravestone (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Martyrs' Gravestone
Canmore ID 64289
Site Number NX68SW 11
NGR NX 6183 8124
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/64289
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Dalry (Stewartry)
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Stewartry
- Former County Kirkcudbrightshire
NX68SW 11 6183 8124.
(NX 61838124) Martyr's Monument (NAT)
OS 6" map (1957)
This stone, lying on four small pillars, in the NW corner of Dalry churchyard, covers the grave of Robert Stewart of Ardoch and John Grierson, two Covenanters shot by Claverhouse in 1684 on Auchencloy farm. The long inscription (quoted in full in the ONB) is also noted in 1714, so the monument must have been erected before that date.
Name Book 1849; J H Thomson 1895
This well preserved gravestone is as described in the previous information. A stone at the foot of one of the pillars is inscribed "repaired in 1828".
Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (TRG) 10 February 1978
NX68SW 11 6183 8124
NX68SW 129 61869 81194 Church
NX68SW 7 61880 81180 Aisle
NX68SW 90 62050 80863 Manse
NX68SW 143 c.618 812 Vestry
