Why this matters
Sir William Alexander, Earl of Stirling, was a Scottish courtier and writer who secured a royal charter for Nova Scotia in 1621, attempting to establish a Scottish colony in North America through the baronetcies of Nova Scotia.
What is recorded here
This commemorative plaque records: Near this spot in 1625 Sir William Alexander of Menistrie Earl of Stirling received sasine or lawful possession of the Royal Province of Nova Scotia by the ancient and symbolic ceremony of delivery of earth and stone from Castlehill by a representative of the King. Here also (1625-1637) the Scottish Baronets of Nova Scotia received sasine of their distant baronies.
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