The Covenanter Killed at Tincorn Hill #History

Tincorn Hill appears under Sorn parish, Ayrshire, in the OS Name Book of the mid nineteenth century:

‘An eminent hill in the south side of Blood Moss rendered notorious from the fact of a man named George Wood being shot here south side of hill in the year 1688.’

Map of Tincorn Hill

The south side of Tincorn Hill © Bob Forrest and licensed for reuse.

For more on the Covenanters in Sorn parish, see here.

~ by drmarkjardine on October 29, 2015.