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Laigh Kirk Burial-ground, Covenanters' Graves

Covenanters Grave(S) (17th Century)

Site Name Laigh Kirk Burial-ground, Covenanters' Graves

Classification Covenanters Grave(S) (17th Century)

Canmore ID 42822

Site Number NS43NW 46

NGR NS 427 379

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council East Ayrshire
  • Parish Kilmarnock
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District Kilmarnock And Loudoun
  • Former County Ayrshire

Archaeology Notes

NS43NW 46 427 379

The heads of John Rose and John Shields, Covenanters executed at Edinburgh in 1666, are buried in the Laigh Kirk burial-ground, N of the church. The monument covering them was renewed in 1823.

(See also NS43NW 8 and NS43NW 10 ).

J H Thomson 1903.

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