James Davie

In April 1673, James Davie was with a number of other Covenanters at a conventicle held at Black Dub (now known as Netherhouse) in order to hear Rev Archibald Riddell preach. During the service, they heard that a  party of dragoons from the garrison at Mid Calder, under the command of Lieutenant Heron (or Inglis), was approaching. The Covenanters fled over a wet moss which so hampered the soldiers' horses. The dragoons, however, drew their pistols and shot across the moor in their direction. Only one person suffered in the incident- James Davie himself.

A number of other Covenanters were captured by the soldiers. tradition says that the soldiers sold their clothes, Bibles and other belongings. 

James Davie's Gravestone

Kirkton Cemetery

Bathgate

West Lothian

NGR - NS

The tablestone to James Davie is located in the old cemetery in Bathgate, which is one and a half miles east of the town centre, on the road towards Edinburgh. The stone is located south of the church and measures seven feet by three feet.