
What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records South Muirkirk, Smallburn Heritage Park, Covenanters Memorial Cairn as Commemorative Cairn (20th 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 Memorial Cairn, 20th century; commemorates local sites of persecution and martyrdom during the 17th-century religious conflicts in Scotland. Significant as a modern monument reflecting regional history and cultural memory.
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Places near here
Muirkirk Covenanters MemorialMemorial · 2 yd
Replica of Tibbies BrigMemorial · 34 yd
Muirkirk, Smallburn Road, TollhouseToll House (post Medieval) · 851 yd
Tibbie's BrigBridge (18th Century) (1793) · 1011 yd
Site of Springhill HouseVisitor information · 1171 yd
Site of Macadam's TarworksVisitor information · 1228 yd
Garpel WaterBuilding (period Unassigned), Enclosure (period Unassigned) · 1302 yd
Kames, Macadam's CairnCairn (20th Century) · 1385 yd
Marchouse HillMountain / peak · 1.4 mi
Black HillMountain / peak · 2.0 mi
Nether WhitehaughBuilding(s) (medieval) - (post Medieval), Tower House (medieval) · 4.5 mi
Kyle CastleTower House (medieval) · 5.1 miOther information
Photo: Billy McCrorie · CC BY-SA 2.0