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Illustration – The Laird of Bargally
See ExC_40 - The Farmer for the beginning of story.
The poor farmer pled his innocence, seemingly with no effect. Witnesses spoke of seeing him wearing the bonnet and wig at the scene of the crime. All seemed to be lost until, suddenly, a man who had been sitting in the body of the court, rushed to the exhibits (the bonnet and the wig) put them on and said to the Laird. “Look at me, sir and tell me on your oath, am not I the man who robbed you?" The astonished Laird looked and suddenly recognised, beyond all doubt, that this was his assailant. “By heaven,” he exclaimed, "you are the very man!
The stranger turned to the judge and said. “You see what kind of a memory, the gentleman has, my lord. He swears to the bonnet, whatever features are under it. If you yourself, my lord, will put it on your head he will be willing to swear that your lordship was the man who robbed him!”
After some hesitation, the judge agreed and acquitted the farmer. The highwayman, who had saved him, gave the Laird a complacent smile and left the court,
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Illustration of The Farmer
Many years ago the Laird of Bargally was riding alone on the road between Carsphairn and Dalmellington when he met a stranger who succeeded, after a struggle, in stealing the Laird’s purse. In the struggle, the assailant's bonnet and wig fell off but these were left behind in the thiefs haste to leave.
Later, a well known, respected local farmer rode by and seeing the bonnet and wig, picked them up and put them on his head and rode home, thinking that he would give his family surprise
and some amusement.
But, as soon as he had put them on, the Laird of Bargally came buck with some re-inforcements. The unlucky farmer, caught with the vital evidence on his head, was taken away, put in prison and eventually tried.
See ExC_42 - The Laird of Bargally for the next part of the story.Tags covenanters -
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Coats of Arms of Willam MacLellan and Margaret Gordon
Above doorway into Barscobe CastleTags covenanters -
Coats of Arms of Willam MacLellan and Margaret Gordon
Gable end of farm building at BarscobeTags covenanters -
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Stroanpatrick
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From top of Mulloch Hill, Dalry
Looking South over meandering Ken with Loch Ken in the distanceTags covenanters -
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Muirdrochwood
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Monument at Deerness Orkney
Commemorates the sinking of the Crown of London and the Covenanters who were aboard. 49 survived including two men from the Glenkens.Tags covenanters -
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The remains of the house at Finglandfoot
Where an illegal conventicle was once heldTags covenanters -
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View of Craighit from Garryhorn
Craighit is the hill where John Dempster ran up in an attempt to escape Grierson of Lag’s dragoons.Tags covenanters -
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Largmore, in the Garroch Glen
Home of John Gordon (and son Roger Gordon) who only just survived the Pentland UprisingTags covenanters -
Tabletop gravestone of John Gordon and his family
Including son Roger Gordon in Kells Kirkyard New Galloway -
Tabletop gravestone of John Gordon and his family
Including son Roger Gordon in Kells Kirkyard New Galloway -
Gravestone of Adam McWhann (of McWhann’s Stone)
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The gravestone of Reverend Thomas Verner in Balmaclellan Kirkyard
The inscription reads: "Here lies the corps of Rev Thomas Verner who served his generation according to the will of God in the Gospel at Balmaclellan for 59 years. He died on 10th September 1716, the last of the old Presbyterian ministers that survived the Revolution". He baptised 36 children st one service the Holy Linn -
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River Ken
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The Coventanters Gravestone, Dalry
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The Cush
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The Cush Sign
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The Old Inn Clachan, Dalry
The tavern where it is said that “The Pentland Rising” orginated, on the site of “The Cush”Tags covenanters -
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Ardoch
The home of Robert Stewart who was buried in Dalry Kirkyard after being murdered at Auchencloy by Claverhouse.Tags covenanters -
Ardoch
The home of Robert Stewart who was buried in Dalry Kirkyard after being murdered at Auchencloy by Claverhouse.Tags covenanters -
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Hand Drawn Map showing locations of items in the Kiling Times Exhibition (Carsphairn Parish)
Places shown on map in Carsphairn Parish associated with the Covenanters - Ordnance Survey Numbers relate to Landranger Sheet 77 - No, Description, O.S.reference - 1, Kirkyard. Roger Dunn’s gravestone and McAdam Arch - John Semple plaque inside church, NX 563932; 2, Garryhorn - headquarters of Grierson of Lag, NX 547934; 3, Halfmark - MacRoy a Covenanter shot here, NX 553928; 4, Dempster’s Memorial, NX 500910; 5, Muirdrochwood, Robert Cannan’s home, NX 618912; 6, Holm of Dalquhairn, NX 656990.Tags covenanters -
Hand Drawn Map showing locations of items in the Kiling Times Exhibition (Kells Parish)
Places shown on map in Kells Parish associated with the Covenanters - Ordnance Survey Numbers relate to Landranger Sheet 77 - Description, O.S. Reference: 1, Kells Kirkyard. Gravestones for Adam McWhann and Roger Gordon, NX 631783; 2, Kenmure Castle, NX 635765; 3, Largmore - home of John Gordon, NX 569824; 4, McWhann’s stone - where Adam McWhann was captured, NX 482802; 5, Auchencloy. This may be in either Girthon or Balmaghie parishes, NX 603709.Tags covenanters -
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Hand Drawn Map showing locations of items in the Kiling Times Exhibition (Balmaclellan Parish)
Places shown on map in Balmaclellan Parish - Ordnance Survey Numbers relate to Landranger Sheet 77 - Description, O.S.reference, 1; Kirkyard. Robert Grierson and Thomas Verner gravestones, NX 652791; 2, Old Mortality statue, NX651791; 3, Barscobe Castle, NX656806; 4, Holy Linn, NX656809; 5, Society Holm, Holy Croft, Jean’s Wa’s all on Garple Burn, NX646809 upstream; 6, Mulloch Hill, NX632806Tags covenanters -
Hand Drawn Map showing locations of items in the Kiling Times Exhibition (Dalry Parish)
2 parts, map and location details: Places shown on map of Dalry Parish associated with the Covenanters - Ordnance Survey Numbers relate to Landranger Sheet 77 - No. Description O.S.reference - 1, Gravestone of Robert Stewart of Ardoch and John Grierson, known as the “Covenanters Gravestone” which is in the Kirkyard, NX 618812; 2, Covenanters Sculpture, NX 618813; 3, The Cush - the site of the inn where the incident took place which sparked off the Pentland, Rising NX 625814; 4, Earlston castle, oak tree and chapel, Around NX 613840; 5, Ardoch, NX 634832; 6, Stroanpatrick, The Covenanter Roan was killed here, NS 643919; 7, The River Ken below the High Bridge of Kenflowing towards Arndarroch, NS 618900; 8, Whig’s Hole - the site for conventicles NS 670000; 9, Allan’s Cairn - memorial commemorating George Allan and Margaret Gracie, NS 698008Tags covenanters -
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Reverend Dr David Bartholomew leading worship at the conventicle at Marscalloch
In the background is the area where two Covenanters William Smith and Mary McClymont were killed at a conventicle in 1684. For further information see newsletter 86Tags covenanters -
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Local Tales and Legends
This booklet was produced by Members of Carsphairn Heritage Group in 1988. It illustrated the annual exhibition displayed for two weeks in the summer of that year at Lagwyne Hall, Carsphairn -
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Drinking Vessel
Drinking Vessel, belonging ot Sir Robert Grierson of Lagg (responsible for for the persecution of the covenanters from 1660 to 1685, from Garryhorn Farm.) -
Newsletter 75
2006 Update; Advert: Autumn Buffet Supper; Window Tax: Waterhead and Lagwyne; The Killing Times – A Tour Around the Sites; Two Deaths in the Killing Times; Notices: AGM and The Stewards’ Lunch.Tags covenanters -
Newsletter 74
The Killing Times in the Glenkens; Have you ever seen a Carsphairn Red?; Round the World Flight Attempt in 1922, Part III; Notice: Guide to the Sites of the Covenanters; Carved sandstone slab found in Carsphairn; Answers to questions set by a Catholic primary school test on the Old and New Testaments. As the children wrote them.