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Bar in Hamilton
A bar/restaurant on Campbell Street.
Image: © Ross Watson
Taken: 13 Aug 2012
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Hamilton - View SE along Cadzow St
Image: © Colin Park
Taken: 22 Apr 2013
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Hamilton Cross
Grand Victorian sandstone building at the corner of Cadzow and Castle Streets.
Image: © Colin Smith
Taken: 29 Aug 2009
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'Heads' Memorial, Hamilton Old Parish Church
This memorial had the lettering marked in paint when a Covenanter Trail was publicised to mark the 350th anniversary of the signing of the covenant in the kirkyard of Greyfriars Kirk in Edinburgh in 1638.
Image: © Elliott Simpson
Taken: Unknown
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Information board next to 'Heads' Memorial, Hamilton Old Parish Church
Writing on the information board:
COVENANTERS MEMORIALS
The Memorials on either side were erected to honour Covenanters killed for their support of a particular form of Church worship and organisation. They took their name from the National Covenant of 1638 which upheld the Protestant and Presbyterian system established in Scotland after the Reformation of 1560, and which opposed Charles I’s attempts to impose a more Episcopal order similar to the Anglican Church in England.
The Covenanters not only sought religious freedom, but also the independence of Parliament from state control-political freedom.
Opposition was widespread and consistent, and particularly strong in the area of west and south Scotland. Many people suffered fines, imprisonment, banishment or execution in the reign of Charles II (1660-85) and there were two major revolts which were defeated.
The first began in Dalry (Kirkcudbrightshire), and ended at Rullion Green near Edinburgh, on November 28th in 1666. The stone to your left commemorates four men executed for their part in it. The second began at Drumclog, near Strathaven and ended at Bothwell Bridge on 22nd June 1679. The stone to your right commemorates three men executed for their part in that revolt.
The violence did not end until the Revolution Settlement in 1690. At that time the Scottish Parliament under William and Mary passed an Act establishing the Presbyterian Government of the Church of Scotland which continues to this day.
There are many other covenanting sites in this area worth visiting. For further information, visit Hamilton Museum in Muir Street.
Erected by the Scottish Covenanters Memorials Association.
Image: © Becky Williamson
Taken: 12 Feb 2011
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Hamilton - The Parish Church
Image: © Colin Park
Taken: 22 Apr 2013
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Information Board at 'Heads' Memorial, Hamilton Old Parish Church
Some of the information on the board:
THE FOUR HEADS MONUMENT
PARTICULARLY HEAVY GOVERNMENT REPRESSION, IN THE SOUTH WEST OF SCOTLAND, LEFT MANY SMALL COMMUNITIES DESTITUTE AND SPARKED OFF A COVENANTING REBELLION, WHICH WAS DEFEATED AT RULLION GREEN IN THE LOTHIANS.THOUGH PROMISES WERE MADE TO THE
CONTRARY, A NUMBER OF COVENANTERS WERE EXECUTED AT EDINBURGH AND THEIR DISMEMBERED BODY PARTS EXHIBITED AS A WARNING. THE HEADS OF THESE FOUR LANARKSHIRE MEN WERE SENT TO HAMILTON FOR DISPLAY AND THEIR RIGHT HANDS TO LANARK.
For photo of the 'Heads' Monument, see http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2275787
Image: © Becky Williamson
Taken: 12 Feb 2011
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"Four Children" - two of the busts
There are four busts here, with two positioned on each side of the pedestrian precinct. Two of the busts are shown here, while one of those on the other side of the street is shown here:
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Together, the four busts make up a single public artwork called "Four Children". A plaque located here explains the work:
"Four Children by Kenny Hunter"
"The sculpted portrait bust is an object usually reserved for later life, bestowed on those who have been judged special, an achiever. This work, 'four children', inverts that tradition by monumentalising four anonymous children and drawing attention to childhood as an important and pivotal period in all our lives: a time when we project our hopes into an uncertain future."
"This work was developed using a photographic record of Hamilton School children."
"Quarry Street Public Arts Project 1997/98
Sculptor: Kenny Hunter
Assisted by: Kenneth MacKay
Bronze Casting by: Powderhall Bronze."
For links to other public artworks by the same sculptor, see:
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Image: © Lairich Rig
Taken: 22 Jul 2005
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"Four Children" - one of the busts
This is one of a group of four busts in this area; together, they make up the public artwork "Four Children". For further information on this artwork, and a view of the two busts located on the other side of the street, see:
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Image: © Lairich Rig
Taken: 22 Jul 2005
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Hamilton Old Parish Church
Image: © Becky Williamson
Taken: 12 Feb 2011
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