The body of the church was built in 1753, with the north aisle added in 1833 by William McCandlish. The west gable has a pyramid-topped bellcote. The windows were given their present round-headed appreaance in 1886. The interior is remarkable for the timber roof, with the diagonal trusses meeting in a central pendant. The stained glass west window depicting Christ the Lord of All is dated 1928 and is by Gordon Webster. The graveyard has an early 18th-century table-stone commemorating the Covenanting martyr Robert Grierson. Statue and plaque in churchyard commemorate Sir Walter Scott’s ‘Old Mortality’, who came from Balmaclellan. Crimean war memorial in churchyard.
This is a multi cache, in order to get the final co-ords you will need to take a walk around the graves.
The cache is at N 55 05 ABC W 004 07 DE4
Lieutenant John Henry Spalding was born 1A April 1834.
You need to now find the Crimean war memorial.
Count how many seperate piles of cannon balls there are, and add 2 to this number to get B.
James Gibson of the 42 Highlanders died in 185C.
Count the wheels on the cannon, add 1 to this number to get D.
How many soldiers does the Crimean Memorial commemorate? Add 2 to this number to get E.
The cache is a short driveaway.
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