
What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Priesthill, Martyr's Grave as Covenanters Grave (17th Century) (1685), Covenanters Meeting Place (17th Century) (1682), Gravestone (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.
Covenanters grave and meeting place, 17th century; associated 19th-century gravestone. Significant as a site linked to religious persecution and early Presbyterian resistance in Scotland.
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Places near here
Priesthill HeightMountain / peak · 1210 yd
PriesthillBarbed and Tanged Arrowhead (period Unassigned), Flake (flint)(period Unassigned) · 1235 yd
Wetherhill CairnCairn (period Unassigned) · 1505 yd
Ponesk BurnFarmstead (period Unassigned), Field Boundary(s) (period Unassigned), Lazy Beds (post Medieval), Rig and Furrow (medieval) - (post Medieval) · 1683 yd
Spirebush HillMountain / peak · 1.4 mi
GlenbuckMine Workings (modern), Settling Tank(s) (19th Century) - (20th Century) · 1.4 mi
Bill Shankly MemorialMemorial · 1.6 mi
Auchengilloch MonumentMemorial · 2.8 mi
Site of Springhill HouseVisitor information · 4.1 mi
Site of Macadam's TarworksVisitor information · 4.2 mi
WhitesideNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 5.4 mi
SpireslackFarmstead (period Unassigned) · 1.5 miOther information
Photo: Raibeart MacAoidh · CC BY-SA 2.0