Robert MacWhae's Grave

Robert MacWhae was shot in his own garden within the parish of Borgue in 1685 by Colonel James Douglas. Little else is known about MacWhae.

Robert MacWhae's Grave

Kirkandrews Kirkyard

Kirkandrews

Gatehouse of Fleet

Kirkcudbrightshire

NGR - NX 601481

 MacWhae's gravestone is a small headstone located in the old kirkyard of Kirkandrews. The old headstone was damaged and was replaced in 1855 by a replica.

The inscription reads as follows:

     MEMENTO   MORI

HERE  LYES

  ROBERT   M'WHAE

     WHO   WAS   BARBAROUSLY

      SHOT       TO     DEATH     BY

      CAPTAINE     DOUGLASH   IN

     THIS     PAROCH     FOR     HIS

      ADHERENCE TO SCOTLANDS

      NATIONAL     AND   SOLEMN

      LEAGUE   1685