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Auchencloy Monument

A Category C Listed Building in Dee and Glenkens, Dumfries and Galloway

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Coordinates

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

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Description

Erected 1835. Granite pyramid approximately 25ft high erected to the memory of covenanting martyrs R Furgusson, R MacMichael, J Grier, J Stuart, killed 1684.

Statement of Interest

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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