Thornlybank Hill, Big Ring

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Thornlybank Hill, Big Ring as Covenanters Meeting Place (17th Century). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1km. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Thornlybank Hill, Big Ring is associated with the Covenanters, a 17th-century religious and political movement in Scotland that resisted royal interference in the kirk. The site was used as a meeting place, reflecting the persecution faced by Protestant dissenters under Charles II's rule.