A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Crossgellioch, a wild mossy moor in Carsphairn parish, N Kirkcudbrightshire. Three Covenanters, plain country men, when returning from a conventicle in the vicinity, in the winter of 1684, were met here by Claverhouse and a party of his men, and were summarily shot. Their bodies were buried on the moor; and, at a recent period, were found embalmed in the moss, 'shrouded in their hosen, in their coats, and in their bonnets, exactly as they fell.'
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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| Feature Description: | "a wild mossy moor" (ADL Feature Type: "shrublands") |
| Administrative units: | Carsphairn ScoP Kirkcudbrightshire ScoCnty |
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