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Whigs' Hole

Covenanters Meeting Place (17th Century), Natural Feature (period Unknown)

What is recorded here

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Whigs' Hole as Covenanters Meeting Place (17th Century), Natural Feature (period Unknown). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Whigs' Hole is associated with the Covenanters, a 17th-century religious and political movement in Scotland that resisted episcopal governance and upheld Presbyterianism. The site is believed to have been used as a secret meeting place by Covenanters during periods of persecution.

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