Picture Gallery > Tweedsmuir Kirk and Kirkyard (16)
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Grave site of John Hunter Covenanter (1660-1685) in Tweedsmuir Kirkyard.
Inscription can be found in the Tweedsmuir History section on the Listed Buildings of Tweedsmuir Parish - Tweedsmuir Kirk and Kirkyard page.
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John Hunter
Another view of John Hunters Grave site in Tweedsmuir Kirkyard.
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covenanters - beeftub comp.jpg
Memorial to John Hunter at the Observation Point at the Devil's Beeftub on the A710 ten miles south of Tweedsmuir.
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covenanters-beeftub 02 comp.jpg
Observation Point at the Devil's Beeftub with Memorial to John Hunter - Covenanter.
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Talla Memorial.jpg
Memorial to the 30+ men who died during the construction of the Talla Reservoir. Not all died from industrial accidents a small number died from smallpox during the 1902/1903 epidemic that swept the country.
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Dryburgh Abbey.jpg
Is this the archway at Dryburgh that inspired the doorway for Tweedsmuir Church?
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War Memorial.jpg
War Memorial for both WW1 and WW2 in the foyer of Tweedsmuir Church.
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Welsh Memorial Plaque.jpg
Memorial Plaque to David Welsh DD.
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1662 Date Stone.jpg
Date Stone probably from the original manse. Now stored in the church.
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Stone Slab..jpg
A relic from an ancient Tweedie family burial vault.
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Tweedsmuir Kirk
The wide double gates have now been replaced by a single gate. The double gates have been redeployed to provide access to the lower section of the Kirkyard.
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Tweedsmuir Kirkyard access gates 02.jpg
Original double gates from main entrance redeployed to provide access to lower Kirkyard.
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Tweedsmuir Kirkyard,
John Martin late tenant in Tweedshaws died 11.5.1850 aged 53, wife Margaret Loch Hope died Southwood 13.9.1860 aged 65, daughter Lillias died 14.3.1841 aged 4 years buried Crawford.
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Tweedsmuir Kirk,
To the Glory of God and in memory of John Martin and Margaret Hope Long resident in this Parish. Erected by their son John Hope Martin Chicago USA.