What is recorded here
This stone commemorative plaque records: In a house on or near this site James Graham Marquis of Montrose spent the night before the Battle of Philiphaugh on 13th September 1645 "A Candidate for Immortality" Wishart
James Graham, Marquis of Montrose, was a Scottish nobleman and poet who led Royalist forces during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms; he is remembered for his military campaigns in Scotland and his eventual execution as a political and military rebel against the Covenanters.
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