McWhann’s Stone and a Covenanting Martyr of 1685 #History #Scotland
• March 23, 2016 • 1 CommentPosted in 1685, Adam Macquhan (d.1685), Colonel James Douglas, Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, Galloway, Kells parish, Kirkcudbrightshire, McWhann's Stone, Scotland, Scottish History
Tags: Covenanters, Galloway, Hillwalking, History, Kells parish, Scotland, Scottish History, Southern Upland Way
The Most Militant Document in Scottish History: Where the Covenanters Agreed the Apologetical Declaration of 1684
• October 29, 2013 • 3 CommentsPosted in 16 convention, 1684, Apologetical Declaration Against Intelligencers, Barbados, Bessie Weir, Cameronian Regiment, Crawford parish, Crawfordjohn parish, Douglas parish, Dumfriesshire, Enterkin Pass, Glengaber, Glengar, James Renwick, John Flint, John Hamilton of Eldershaw, Lanarkshire, Margaret Weir (fl. 1687), Ninian Steel (Glengar), Nithsdale, Penpont parish, Sandilands, Sanquhar parish, Wanlockhead, William Chapman (Douglas)
Tags: Covenanters, Crawfordjohn, Hillwalking, History, Scotland, Scottish History, Southern Upland Way, Wanlockhead
Allan’s Cairn: Tales of Two Martyrs
• June 13, 2012 • 8 CommentsPosted in Allan's Cairn, Andrew Ferguson, Auchengibbert, Auchenhessnane, Bennan (Tynron), Cormilligan, Covenanter Sites, Dalry parish, Dumfriesshire, Galloway, George Allan, Gilbert Gilkerse, Glenkens, James Gavin, James Harper, James Turner, John Douglas of Stenhouse, John Glencorse, John Graham of Claverhouse, John Harper, John Hunter (Tynron), John Macmillan (Tynron), John Paterson, Killiewarren, Kirkconnell (Tynron), Kirkcudbrightshire, Laight, Lieutenant William White, Macqueston, Magmalloch, Major Andrew White, Mar's Regiment of Foot, Margaret Gracie, Nithsdale, Penpont parish, Robert Fergusson (Tynron), Robert Grierson of Lag, Scotland, Strathmilligan, Thomas Harkness, Tynron parish, Whigs' Hole, William Douglas duke of Queensberry, William Hunter (Tynron), William Smith (d.1685)
Tags: Covenanters, Hillwalking, History, Scotland, Scottish History, Southern Upland Way, Tynron
The Craignorth Martyrs near Sanquhar
• May 19, 2012 • 7 CommentsPosted in 19 convention, 39 convention, Burnfoot, Cogshead, Covenanters, Craignorth, David Dun (d.1685), Dumfriesshire, James Welsh (fl.1685), John Richard (Burnfoot), King's Regiment of Horse, Lieutenant-Colonel James Douglas, Muirkirk parish, Nithsdale, Robert Morris (d.1685), Sanquhar parish, Simon Paterson (d.1685), William Brown (d.1685)
Tags: Covenanters, Crawick Water, Hillwalking, History, Martyrs, Sanquhar, Scotland, Scottish History, Southern Upland Way
A Bullet From The General: The Shooting of Adam Macquhan by a Hero of the Battle of the Boyne
• April 27, 2012 • 8 CommentsPosted in 1685, 1832, Adam Macquhan (d.1685), Caldons, Colonel James Douglas, Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, Galloway, Glenkens, His Majesty's Regiment of Foot Guards, Kells parish, Kirkcudbright, Kirkcudbright parish, Kirkcudbrightshire, McWhann's Stone, Minnigaff parish, New Galloway, Scotland, Scottish History
Tags: Battle of the Boyne, Covenanters, Galloway Forest Park, Glen Trool, History, New Galloway, Scotland, Scottish History, Southern Upland Way
