Old Photograph Covenanter's Gravestone Kirk O' Shotts Scotland

Old photograph of the Covenanter's gravestone at Kirk O' Shotts in Salsburgh, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. The grave of William Smith, who fought at Rullion Green in the Pentlands in the year 1666. In 1678, the Duke of Monmouth, with an army of 10,000 men, camped for ten days at Muirhead, about three miles east of Kirk o’Shotts. They were on their way by the old bridle road, to Bothwell Bridge where they defeated the Covenanters. It is believed that 160 Shotts men took part in the battle, 13 were killed and 33 taken prisoner.



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