The Trumpeter's Well
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The Trumpeter's Well
Image: © Gordon Brown Taken: 27 Oct 2005
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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Image Location
Latitude
55.650125
Longitude
-4.130707