fictionalised version which appeared in Sir Walter Scott's novel Old Mortality in 1816. The battle is also remembered in a Child Ballad Loudoun Hill, or Drumclog. Claverhouse himself also left an account of the battle. Memorials to the battle The Battle of Drumclog is celebrated by some in Scotland as a victory for religious freedom. In 1839 a monument was erected on the site of the battle, and in 1859 a school house was erected nearby. This monument was struck by lightning and the current monument was built to replace it in 1867. The battlefield has been inventoried and protected by Historic Scotland under the Scottish Historical Environment Policy of 2009. The Boston Church in Duns, in the Scottish Borders, had a bell named in memory of the battle. The church was demolished in the 1950s, but the bell is preserved on the site. In 1905 the Darvel and Strathaven Railway opened, with a station at Drumclog, south west of the battle site. By 1912 the village which had grown up here required a church, and the Drumclog Memorial Kirk was constructed. Inside the kirk, located on the A71 Edinburgh to Kilmarnock road, is a stained glass window depicting the Covenanters, and a painting of the Covenanters' army standard. The kirk holds an annual memorial service on the first Sunday in June, at the Drumclog Monument. The Covenanters' flag from this battle at Drumclog now resides in a museum in Scotland. Under a Scottish thistle the flag says, "For Reformation of Religion In Church And State According To The Word Of God And Our Sworn Covenants." Bibliography W. Aiton's History of the Rencounter at Drumclog (Hamilton, 1821) vol vii. , pp. 221–226, of Hill Burton's History of Scotland (ed. 1876) vol. i., p. 178, of Carlyle's Reminiscences (1881). See also River Irvine - Death on the River Irvine David Hackston John Nisbet John Welsh of Irongray More Brownlee versions: References Citations Sources External links Film footage of the memorial kirk and memorial Picturesque Scotland: Drumclog Drumclog Memorial Kirk Conflicts in 1679 Battles involving Scotland Covenanters Presbyterianism in Scotland 1679 in Scotland History of South Lanarkshire Inventory of Historic Battlefields in Scotland