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Skeoch Hill, Communion Stones

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Commemorative Monument (19th Century), Covenanters Meeting Place (17th Century)

Site Name Skeoch Hill, Communion Stones

Classification Commemorative Monument (19th Century), Covenanters Meeting Place (17th Century)

Canmore ID 65006

Site Number NX87NE 1

NGR NX 85913 79048

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Oblique aerial view centred on the remains of the covenanters' meeting place, monument and stones with small cairns adjacent, taken from the SE.
Oblique aerial view centred on the remains of the covenanters' meeting place, monument and stones with small cairns adjacent, taken from the SE.Oblique aerial view centred on the remains of the covenanters' meeting place, monument and stones with small cairns adjacent, taken from the NE.Oblique aerial view centred on the remains of the covenanters' meeting place, monument and stones with small cairns adjacent, taken from the SW.Skeoch Hill, Communion Stones, NX87NE 1, Ordnance Survey index card, page number 1, RectoSkeoch Hill, Communion Stones, NX87NE 1, Ordnance Survey index card, page number 2, VersoOblique aerial view centred on the remains of the covenanters' meeting place, monument and stones with small cairns adjacent, taken from the NNE.Oblique aerial view centred on the remains of the covenanters' meeting place, monument and stones with small cairns adjacent, taken from the NW.Oblique aerial view centred on the momument and stones, taken from te SW.

Administrative Areas

  • Council Dumfries And Galloway
  • Parish Kirkpatrick Irongray
  • Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
  • Former District Nithsdale
  • Former County Kirkcudbrightshire

Archaeology Notes

NX87NE 1 8591 7905

(NX 85917905) Communion Stones (NR)

OS 6" map (1957)

See also NX87NE 14.

"Communion Stones", Skeoch Hill: In a secluded hollow in the moorland at the N end of Skeoch Hill is a modern obelisk, bearing an inscription to the effect that at this spot a large number of Convenanters met in the summer of 1678 for worship and that about three thousand communicants on that occasion celebrated the sacrament of the Lord's Supper. To the NE of this monument are four distinct rows of flattish stones and a fifth less distinct stretching for a distance of from 40'-45' and 4' apart, on which the people are believed to have sat.

RCAHMS 1914, visited 1911; New Statistical Account (NSA) 1845; M Harper 1896

The Communion Stones now comprise four rows (11.0m long and 1.5m apart) of close-set flat stones. The fifth row is no longer evident. Nearby is the 19th century monument, a granite and marble pillar approx 15 ft high.

Surveyed at 1:10 000.

Visited by OS (TRG) 27 June 1977.

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