2019
NT7854 : The Covenanters' Stone on Duns Law
taken 5 years ago, near to Duns, Scottish Borders, Scotland
The Covenanters' Stone on Duns Law
The stone where the Covenanters met had to be protected by an iron grille to protect it from souvenir hunters. The blue plaque reads:
ON THIS STONE ACCORDING
TO UNBROKEN TRADITION WAS
RAISED THE STANDARD OF THE
COVENANTERS WHEN IN 1639
THEIR ARMY UNDER GENERAL SIR
ALEX LESLIE ASSEMBLED ON DUNS LAW
The plaque in the cairn in the background reads:
THIS CAIRN COMMEMORATES
THE ENCAMPMENT HERE
OF THE COVENANTERS UNDER
GENERAL SIR ALEX LESLIE
1639
ON THIS STONE ACCORDING
TO UNBROKEN TRADITION WAS
RAISED THE STANDARD OF THE
COVENANTERS WHEN IN 1639
THEIR ARMY UNDER GENERAL SIR
ALEX LESLIE ASSEMBLED ON DUNS LAW
The plaque in the cairn in the background reads:
THIS CAIRN COMMEMORATES
THE ENCAMPMENT HERE
OF THE COVENANTERS UNDER
GENERAL SIR ALEX LESLIE
1639
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- Grid Square
- NT7854, 51 images (more nearby 🔍)
- Photographer
- Russel Wills (more nearby)
- Date Taken
- Thursday, 11 July, 2019 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Wednesday, 17 July, 2019
- Subject Location
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OSGB36:
NT 7846 5472 [10m precision]
WGS84: 55:47.1184N 2:20.7017W - Camera Location
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OSGB36: NT 78467 54719
