The Pentland Rising of 1666: Executed at Ayr on 27 December #History #Scotland

Five days after six were executed in Edinburgh for the Pentland Rising, seven Covenanters were hanged and beheaded in Ayr. All of those who were executed were from Galloway. At around the same time, General Tam Dalyell shot David Finlay at Newmilns. Seven* were executed at Ayr on 27 December, 1666 A gravestone was erected…

Dalry parish Jardine's Book of Martyrs

Scotland Beautiful & Historic

John Craik of Stewarton Jardine's Book of Martyrs

The Pentland Rising of 1666: Executed at Irvine on 31 December

Captain Thomas Douglas Jardine's Book of Martyrs

Scotland Beautiful & Historic

Daniel Defoe: An Intelligencer in Edinburgh #History #Scotland

rulliongreen - The Reformation

Peden's Shroud' and Peden's Tree in Auchinleck #History #Trees

The Execution at Ayr of the Arecleoch Covenanter

The Killing Times of 1685: Ridpath's List of Covenanters Executed