David Steel's Monument
David Steel was shot by the dragoons near to his home at Skellyhill on 20 December 1686. He was 33 years old. He had worked as a shepherd.
David Steel's Monument
Skellyhill
Lesmahagow
Lanarkshire
NGR - NS 789374
David Steel's monument stands near to the farmhouse of Skellyhill, west of Lesmahagow.
David Steel's gravestone can be found in Lesmahagow kirkyard.
The inscription on the monument reads:
BE THOU FAITHFUL
UNTO DEATH
DAVID STEEL
Martyr
Was shot here by order of Crighton
On the 20th December 1686
Aged 33 years
(Left side)
EXACT SPOT OF MARTYRDOM
ABOUT 27 FEET TO THE
WEST
(back)
OCCASIONED
BY A SERMON IN THE
ADJOINING FIELD ON
SABBATH 12TH SEP 1858
BY REV JAMES LAING MA
MINISTER OF THE FREE
CHURCH OF LESMAHAGOW
AND
ERECTED MAINLY BY
JAMES T BROWN ESQ
OF AUCHLOCHAN AND
NETHER SKELLYHILL