Glengyle Research Group

Rob Roy's Grave at Balquhidder

Rob Roy MacGregor is buried at the Old Parish Church in Balquhidder, alongside his wife Mary and two of their four sons, Coll and Robin. Three side-by-side slabs within iron railings mark the graves, the centre stone carved with the motto “MacGregor Despite Them.” The slabs are older stones, probably re-used; the railings, which name Rob Roy, Mary, Coll and Robin, were added in 1890.1

Rob Roy MacGregor's grave at Balquhidder old parish church: three side-by-side stone slabs within iron railings, the centre stone carved with the motto 'MacGregor Despite Them.'
Photo by Bart, uploaded September 2006, Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rob Roy MacGregor's grave at Balquhidder Parish Church: the grave slabs within iron railings in the churchyard.
Photo by Craig Wallace, March 2014, Geograph, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The roofless ruin of Balquhidder old parish church, with Rob Roy's grave lying just beyond the doorway.
Photo by Jim Barton, September 2015, Geograph, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rob Roy's grave in Balquhidder kirkyard.
Photo by Raymond Chisholm, May 2007, Geograph, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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Rob Roy's grave

Footnotes

  1. Peter Lawrie, “Rob Roy is buried at Balquhidder”, Glen Discovery. The 1890 railings record the four names; the body of the same account once slips and calls the second son Ranald, but the railings and the wider record give Robin (Robert Oig). ↩︎