Winter Walk With Music Around Dunnottar Church Graveyard On History Visit To Stonehaven Scotland

Tour Scotland 4K Winter travel video, with Scottish music, of a walk around the graveyard of Dunnottar Parish Church on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Stonehaven. Video includes the William Ritchie, Celtic Cross gravestone and the Reverend Alexander Silver, Celtic Cross gravestone. The graveyards also has a Covenanter's Stone which commemorates those who died in one of the's darkest episodes in Scottish history. In 1685, in a fervour of religious turmoil in Scotland, 167 Presbyterian dissenters were imprisoned in Dunnottar Castle because they would not recognise the king's pre-eminence in religious affairs. The Covenanters were held terrible conditions in a cramped cell that became known as the Whig's Vault. Some of the Covenanters relented their stance, but others died in the terrible conditions. Others were eventually deported to the West Indies, but over 70 of them died on the voyage. Twenty five made good their escape by somehow scaling the sheer cliffs on the Rock of Dunnottar, but two died in the attempt. The stone commemorates nine of the prisoners, five of whom are named but others 'we know not'. The inscription tells a moving tale: " 'Here lies John Stot, James Atchison, James Russell, and William Brown and one whose name we have not gotten and two women whose names also wee know not and two who perished coming down the rock one whose name was James Watson the other not known who all died prisoners in Dunnottar Castle anno 1685 for their adherence to the word of God and Scotland's covenanted work of reformation. missing from the inscription are John White, Marie Gipsone, William Breadie, and Jeane Muffet. By the meteorological calendar, the first day of Winter is always 1st December in Scotland; ending on 28th of February. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. Find things to see and do in Scotland where you are always welcome All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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