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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Places near here
Long Stone of ConventionMemorial · 17 yd
Covenanters' MemorialMemorial · 1108 yd
Muirkirk, Smallburn Road, TollhouseToll House (post Medieval) · 1178 yd
Muirkirk, Main StreetCommemorative Monument (period Unknown) · 1272 yd
Muirkirk, Kirk Green, Muirkirk Parish Church, Churchyard with Covenanter's GraveBurial Ground (post Medieval), Churchyard (post Medieval), Covenanters Grave (17th Century), Gravestone (18th Century) · 1531 yd
South Muirkirk, Smallburn Heritage Park, Covenanters Memorial CairnCommemorative Cairn (20th Century) · 1536 yd
Black HillMountain / peak · 1.3 mi
Site of Springhill HouseVisitor information · 1.3 mi
Site of Macadam's TarworksVisitor information · 1.4 mi
Marchouse HillMountain / peak · 1.6 mi
Nether WhitehaughBuilding(s) (medieval) - (post Medieval), Tower House (medieval) · 4.4 mi
Bankend FarmNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 5.2 mi