Memorial to James Gavin, who had his ears cut off
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Memorial to James Gavin, who had his ears cut off
Image: © Gordon Brown Taken: 27 Feb 2021
The bronze plaque says "On this site dwelt JAMES GAVIN, tailor. A hero of the covenant, he incurred the special enmity of CLAVERHOUSE, who wantonly severed the ears from his head with GAVIN'S own shears, about the year 1684. To commemorate and perpetuate the brutal outrage, GAVIN carved the stone which is set into this cairn and put it above the door of the house erected by him on this site years after his return from banishment to the island of Barbadoes." This incident was during "The Killing Times" - see http://www.geograph.org.uk/article/The-Killing-Times
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