Ochiltree
Ayrshire
NGR - NS 508212
The village of Ochiltree is located to the west of Cumnock, Ayrshire. It is the centre of a large parish. There are no Covenanter graves in the parish, but there are a number of associations with the Covenanters.
Ochiltree Covenanter Associations
David Dun - martyr, buried in Old Cumnock. He belonged to Closs farm (no longer extant) in the parish.
Peden's Cave - a cave on banks of Lugar Water associated with Rev Alexander Peden.
Pentland Rising - the Covenanters camped overnight during the march from Ayr to Rullion Green.
Deerness Martyrs
The following Covenanter from Ochiltree parish was drowned at Deerness in Orkney in 1679:
- Andrew Welch
The Ochiltree Covenanter flag is held by the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh.
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