Covenanter's grave, Auldearn
Memorial Type:
Memorial - Plaque
Does the monument still exist?
Yes
Installation Date:
Not known
Inscription:
( The spelling exactly on the plaque) . THIS MONVMENT IS ERECTED BE SIR ROBERT INNES , YOUNGER OF THAT ILK IN MEMORIE OF ALEXANDER DRVMOND OF MEEDHOPE, SIR JOHNE MURRAY, AND MAISTER GIDEON MURRAY WHO LYES HEIR INTERED, WHO FIGHTING WALLIANTLY IN DEFENCE OF THEIR RELLECION (?) KING AND NATIVE COVNTRIE, DIET AT ALVDERNE, THE 9TH MAY 1645.
This old Stone was Removed to the East Lobby of the Church, and this one placed here instead in 1883, by T.D. Brodie W.S.
Allegiance:
Scots Royalist
Condition:
Good
Condition Description:
Good judging from online photos, risk of ivy covering it.
Memorial Address:
Auldearn parish church, 12 Church Rd, Auldearn, Nairn IV12 5TS
County:
Highland
Country:
Scotland
Location within building:
Attached to the north-west facing inner wall, part of the older ruined church, beside the side wall of the present church. This photo shows the location, below a skull and crossbones https://her.highland.gov.uk/api/LibraryLink5WebServiceProxy/FetchResourceFromStub/3-9-4-5-5_1a55a2e2bb0027f-39455pre_be772ccbf890b3d.jpg
Geoloation:
NH 91957 55570
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