
What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Maybole, Cargill Court, Cargill Stone as Commemorative Monument (19th Century), Covenanters Stone (17th Century), Plaque (19th 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 Cargill Stone in Maybole is associated with the Covenanters, a group of 17th-century Scottish Protestants who resisted royal interference in religion, and is believed to mark a site of persecution or gathering. Local tradition holds that the stone was used as a meeting place for Covenanters, and it may have been a site of prayer or defiance against religious oppression.
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Places near here
Maybole, Culzean Road, Barns HouseHouse (19th Century) · 17 yd
Maybole, Barns Terrace, Cargill Kincraig ChurchChurch (19th Century) · 23 yd
Maybole CastleCastle · 101 yd
Maybole, Carnegie LibraryLibrary (20th Century) · 170 yd
Maybole, School VennelNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 324 yd
Maybole, Alloway Road, WorksWorks (period Unassigned) · 355 yd
Maybole, Maybole CemeteryCemetery (19th Century) · 646 yd
Maybole War MemorialMemorial · 954 yd
MayboleNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 1091 yd
Baltersan CastleCastle (16th Century) · 1.4 mi
Blackmire WoodWood · 2.1 mi
Leffinwyne PlantationWood · 2.3 miOther information
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