Description: EXTRA INFOPHOTO STIRLING MARTYRS MONUMENT TO THE WILSON SISTERS OLD TOWN CEMETERY A LONG WAY FROM WIGTOWN BUT THE RESULT OF THE EFFORTS OF WILLIAM DRUMMOND A LOCAL SEED-MERCHANT IN THE 19TH CENTURY WHO HAD A PASSION FOR COMMEMORATING COVENANTERS FROM THE 17TH CENTURY. HE COMMISSIONED THE SCULPTOR HANDYSIDE RITCHIE TO CREATE SEVERAL STATUES OF PROTESTANT NOTABLES FOR THE TOWN CEMETERY OF WHICH THIS IS THE MOST ACCOMPLISHED. MARGARET WILSON WAS ONE OF THE WIGTOWN MARTYRS DROWNED IN THE SOLWAY FIRTH IN 1685 FOR REFUSING TO ACKNOWLEDGE ROYAL SUPREMACY OVER THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND. THE FIGURES WERE ERECTED IN 1859 AND THE CUPOLA ADDED IN 1867. THE LATTER WAS THE WORK OF JOHN ROCHHEAD DESIGNER OF THE NATIONAL WALLACE MONUMENT ON THE ABBEY CRAIG.SEE WHERE LAIRICH RIGG PROVIDES MORE DETAIL. 2011 COPYRIGHT (Photograph and text in Extra Info) KIM TRAYNOR PHOTO PAPER THICKNESS NORMAL PHOTOGRAPH THICKNESS NOTES REF NO KTV-1231 PHOTO SIZE SIZE 6 X 4 inches CONDITION: SOME CROPPING OR WHITE LINES TOP/BOTTOM MAY OCCUR DUE TO PHOTO RATIO WATERMARK IF PRESENT ON THE IMAGE WILL NOT APPEAR ON ITEM SENT TO YOU: NOTES This is a print and supply service for an image that is COPYRIGHT (Photograph and text in Extra Info) kim traynor obtained from GEOGRAPH and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic License details available here: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ MANY OTHER ITEMS ARE BEING ADDED TO MY SHOP DAILY
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Type: Photographs
Theme: Topographical
Sub-Theme: Scotland
Number of Items: Single
Period: 1945 - Present
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