What is recorded here
1893. Erected by the natives of Fochabers to commemorate the heroic stand made against the forces of the King of Matebeleland by Major Allan Wilson of this town who with a small band of comrades fell bravely fighting against overwhelming odds near the Sha
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Gordon Castle, West LodgesGate Lodge(s) (18th Century) (1791)-(1792) · 148 yd
Fochabers CrossMemorial · 648 yd
DippleCropmark(s) (period Unknown) · 902 yd
Crofts of DippleSword (bronze)(period Unassigned) · 1471 yd
Castle HillCastle (medieval)(possible) · 1484 yd
Speymouth War MemorialMemorial · 1.1 mi
Gordon Castle, Quarry Gardens TempleGarden Temple (period Unassigned) · 1.1 mi
Balnacoul WoodForest · 1.4 mi
The Earth PillarsNamed rock · 1.6 mi
Trochelhill WoodForest · 2.1 mi
Auchenhalrig FarmNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 2.6 miOther information
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