Battle of Bothwell Bridge

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Reference WMO/285409

Address:

Bothwell Bridge

Bothwell

Hamilton

G71 8BF

Scotland

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Roadside
Description: Obelisk
Materials:
  • Metal Metal (any)
  • Metal Iron
  • Stone Stone (any)
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • Scottish Covenanters (1638-1687)
About the memorial: Tall tapering obelisk on pedestal and two stage base, surrounded by wrought iron railings, and with a dedication tablet on the front face, and tablets with biblical quotations on each of the other 3 sides. There is a date stone below the dedication tablet and a metal plaque with their rallying cry in ribbons above the dedication tablet, on the east side of the B7071 at the north end of the bridge
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Tablet 1: IN HONOUR/OF/THE COVENANTERS/WHO FOUGHT AND FELL IN THE BATTLE OF BOTHWELL BRIDGE/22ND JUNE 1679/IN DEFENCE OF/CIVIL AND RELIGIOUS LIBERTIES/ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION/1903 Below Tablet 1: BOTHWELL BRIDGE/22ND JUNE 1679 Metal Plaque Above Tablet 1: FOR CHRIST'S CROWN AND COVENANT; Tablet 2: BE THOU FAITHFUL UNTO/DEATH, AND I WILL GIVE THEE/A CROWN OF LIFE/REV II.10.; Tablet 3: THE RIGHTEOUS SHALL BE/IN EVERLASTING REMEMBRANCE/PSALM CXII. 6. ;Tablet 4: BLESSED ARE THEY WHICH ARE/PERSECUTED FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS'/SAKE: FOR THEIR'S IS THE KINGDOM/OF HEAVEN./MATT, V.10

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