
What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Friarminnan as Covenanters Meeting Place (17th Century) (1686)-(1687), Nonconformist Meeting House (17th Century), Shepherds Cottage (post Medieval). 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.
Friarminnan is associated with the Covenanters, a 17th-century religious and political movement in Scotland that resisted episcopal governance and upheld Presbyterianism. The site was used as a meeting place during periods of persecution, reflecting the area's history of nonconformist worship and religious dissent.
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Places near here
Mount StuartMountain / peak · 1.1 mi
KnockenshagMountain / peak · 1.1 mi
BlackgannochCovenanters Meeting Place (17th Century), Farmstead (post Medieval), Nonconformist Meeting House (17th Century) (1685)-(1688) · 1.2 mi
Stony HillSheepfold (period Unassigned) · 1.5 mi
PanbreckCovenanters Meeting Place (17th Century) (1684) · 2.2 mi
St Connel's ChurchCross(s) (early Medieval) · 2.6 mi
Todholes PlantationWood · 3.6 mi
War MemorialMemorial · 4.2 mi
Orchard GlenWood · 4.5 mi
Macadam's CairnMemorial · 5.0 mi
Site of Macadam's TarworksVisitor information · 5.1 mi
Site of Springhill HouseVisitor information · 5.2 miOther information
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