John Hunter

John Hunter lived at Tweedsmuir and was pursued by dragoons under Colonel James Douglas. He was shot in the Devil's Beef Tub, a deep natural depression, in 1685. His body was later interred in Tweedsmuir kirkyard (Peebsleshire), where three stones commemorate him.

John Hunter's Monument

Ericstane Brae

Moffat

Dumfriesshire

NGR - NT 061126

The monument is located by the side of the main road alongside the Devil's Beef Tub.