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Burnfoot Moor, Long Stone of Convention

Covenanters Meeting Place (17th Century), Covenanters Stone (17th Century)

What is recorded here

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Burnfoot Moor, Long Stone of Convention as Covenanters Meeting Place (17th Century), Covenanters Stone (17th Century). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
The Long Stone of Convention at Burnfoot Moor is associated with the Covenanters, a 17th-century religious and political movement in Scotland that resisted royal interference in the Church. The stone served as a meeting place for Covenanters who gathered to worship and affirm their religious commitments, often in defiance of persecution.

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