Covenanters' Monument And Enclosure, Windy Hill, Wigtown is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 20 July 1972. Monument.

Covenanters' Monument And Enclosure, Windy Hill, Wigtown

WRENN ID: shadowed-spindle-clover
Grade: B
Local Planning Authority: Dumfries and Galloway
Country: Scotland
Date first listed: 20 July 1972
Type: Monument
Source: Historic Environment Scotland listing

Description

Dated 1858. Classical ashlar monument sited on summit of hill. Base course; pedestal with chamfered angles capped by entablature with acroteria and stone angle brackets. Octagonal shaft, tapering and corniced, bearing decorative stone urn finial. Commemorative panel on 1 face of pedestal inscribed to Wigtown Martyrs, Covenanters who were drowned in the River Bladnoch (1685), or were hung.

ENCLOSURE: spearhead railings retaining square enclosure, some now in disrepair.

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