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What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Breconside Hill, Preaching Stone as Covenanters Meeting Place (17th Century), Covenanters Stone (17th Century), Preaching Site (17th Century). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
The Preaching Stone on Breconside Hill is associated with the Covenanters, a 17th-century movement in Scotland that resisted religious persecution and upheld Presbyterianism. It served as a clandestine site for worship and preaching during a time when such activities were outlawed by the authorities.
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Places near here
Keir HillsMountain / peak · 330 yd
Breconside HillCairnfield (prehistoric), Rig and Furrow (medieval) - (post Medieval), Settlement (prehistoric)(possible) · 650 yd
Laggan BurnBurnt Mound (prehistoric) · 1300 yd
Wauk HillMountain / peak · 1490 yd
PorterstownFarmhouse (19th Century) · 1.4 mi
NewmainsFarmhouse (period Unassigned), Farmstead (period Unassigned) · 1.4 mi
War MemorialMemorial · 1.9 mi
Old CrawfordtonTower House (medieval) · 2.4 mi
SnadeCastle (medieval), Earthwork (period Unassigned) · 2.8 mi
Firmuir PlantationWood · 2.9 mi
Millennium CairnMemorial · 3.1 mi
CraigturraCave (period Unassigned), Scraper (tool) (flint)(period Unassigned) · 3.3 miOther information
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