The Trumpeter's Well:: OS grid NS6541 :: Geograph Britain and Ireland

NS6541 : The Trumpeter's Well

near to Caldermill, South Lanarkshire, Great Britain

The Trumpeter's Well

This well lies at Caldermill, near Strathaven. During the covenanting period there was a skirmish involving the hated Claverhouse. Thomas Finlay, a farmer, stabbed Claverhouse's horse with his pike, injuring it. Claverhouse forced it onward, and at this spot he mounted another horse which had belonged to his trumpeter. The trumpeter was a lad of around 14 years of age. He was killed and tradition states that his body was disposed of in the well.

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2005

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Grid Square: NS6541, 5 images (more nearby)
Photographer: Gordon Brown (find more nearby)
Image classification^?: Geograph (First for NS6541)
First in 5 Years (TPoint) ^?
Date Taken: Thursday, 27 October, 2005 (more nearby)
Submitted: Friday, 28 October, 2005
Category: Historic site > Historic site (more nearby)
Subject Location: OSGB36: NS 659 416 [100m precision]
WGS84: 55:38.9624N 4:7.9544W
Photographer Location: OSGB36: NS 660 416