Gravestone of William Harvey, a Covenanter
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Gravestone of William Harvey, a Covenanter
Image: © Lairich Rig Taken: 8 Jul 2005
This stone is in the graveyard of the old St Kentigern's Church, and is that of a Lanark weaver named William Harvey ("Hervi"), who was tried at the Justiciary Court in Edinburgh in February 1682, and executed on the 2nd of March of that year. The other side of his gravestone bears only a skull-and-crossbones design, shown at Image
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Image Location
Latitude
55.669448
Longitude
-3.768729