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Latitude: 55.0127 / 55°0'45"N
Longitude: -4.1851 / 4°11'6"W
OS Eastings: 260371
OS Northings: 570862
OS Grid: NX603708
Mapcode National: GBR 4V.V8QN
Mapcode Global: WH4VH.P89K
Plus Code: 9C7Q2R77+3X
Entry Name: Auchencloy Monument
Listing Name: Auchencloy Monument
Listing Date: 4 November 1971
Category: C
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 342191
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB9864
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200342191
Location: Girthon
County: Dumfries and Galloway
Electoral Ward: Dee and Glenkens
Parish: Girthon
Traditional County: Kirkcudbrightshire
Tagged with: Memorial
Erected 1835. Granite pyramid approximately 25ft high erected to the memory of covenanting martyrs R Furgusson, R MacMichael, J Grier, J Stuart, killed 1684.
The Auchencloy Monument forms a significant feature in the landscape.
Now in forestry plantation. See also list description for nearby Furgusson Tombstone.
The Covenanters had a significant impact on religion and politics in 17th century Scotland. In 1684 MacMichael murdered a curate of Carsphairn Church who was believed to have been betraying the names of the Covenanters to Graham of Claverhouse. MacMichael and others escaped to Auchencloy where they were tracked down by Claverhouse and killed.
Owned by Forestry Commission Scotland.
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