What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Friarminnan, Peden's Stone as 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.
Friarminnan, Peden's Stone is associated with the 17th-century Covenanters, a group of Scottish Protestants who resisted royal interference in church matters. The stone likely marks a site of refuge, assembly, or commemoration linked to their persecution during the religious conflicts of the period.
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Places near here
FriarminnanCovenanters Meeting Place (17th Century) (1686)-(1687), Nonconformist Meeting House (17th Century), Shepherds Cottage (post Medieval) · 127 yd
Mount StuartMountain / peak · 1732 yd
KnockenshagMountain / peak · 1.0 mi
BlackgannochCovenanters Meeting Place (17th Century), Farmstead (post Medieval), Nonconformist Meeting House (17th Century) (1685)-(1688) · 1.2 mi
PanbreckCovenanters Meeting Place (17th Century) (1684) · 2.2 mi
St Connel's ChurchCross(s) (early Medieval) · 2.7 mi
Todholes PlantationWood · 3.6 mi
War MemorialMemorial · 4.2 mi
Orchard GlenWood · 4.4 mi
Macadam's CairnMemorial · 5.1 mi
Site of Macadam's TarworksVisitor information · 5.2 mi
Site of Springhill HouseVisitor information · 5.2 mi