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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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MARTYRS TOMB | Martyrs Tomb | John Muir Lochfergus William Martin St Marys Isle |
050 | A small square tablet of stone supported upon 4 pillars, and raised about 2 1/2 feet above the earth It bears the following inscription - This monument shall shew posterity Two headless Martyrs underneath it doth lye By bloody Graham were taken and surprised Brought to this toune and afterwards were saiz'd By unjust law were sentenced to die Them first they hanged then headed cruelly Captain Douglas Bruce Graham of Claverhouse Were these that caused them be handled thus And when they were unto the gibbet come To stop their speech they did beat up the drum And all because that they would not comply |
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[Page] 167List of Names collected by Archibald Craig PE [Private] RS&M [Royal Sappers & Miners] 1st Examiner
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Martyrs Tomb Tomb -- Kirkcudbright
[Signed] Archibald Craig Pe [Private] RS&M [Royal Sappers & Miners] May 1st 1848
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