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Balmaclellan is one of four parishes in the northern district of the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, commonly known as the Glenkens, and lies East of the Water of Ken. Just over a mile to the North East stands Barscobe Castle which was built in 1684 by William Maclellan The church, which dates from 1772, is located at the southern end of the village on raised ground providing wonderful views of the surrounding countryside and is easily accessible. In its kirkyard are stones commemmoratng Robert Grierson, a Covenanter martyred in 1683, and the family of Robert Paterson, the inspiration for Sir Walter Scott’s novel ‘Old Mortality’. Robert Paterson, an old Cameronian, wandered the countryside repairing or replacing the Covenanter monuments leaving us today with a rich legacy; testimony to his dedication. The Holy LinnSignposts indicating footpaths to the Holy Linn have been erected in 2006 at two locations on the A702 Dalry to Moniaive road, approximately half a mile north west of Bogue farm. The distance to the Linn is about half a mile from the road.
This destination is a lovely, tranquil spot, well worth visiting. Conventicles and baptisms were performed here by the minister of Balmaclellan during the Covenanting era. The ruins known as ‘Jean’s Wa’s’ are a little way downstream on the other side of the burn. According to one source, ‘Jean’ was Jean Gordon of Shirmers, a sister-in-law to Maclellan of Barscobe. She was disappointed in love and hid away in the little home she built by the burn. Another source, however, identifies her as Jean Gordon, wife of Alexander Gordon of Earlstoun.
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