Clan Gregor Memorial Sites

Glen Fruin Memorial Stone	Rob Roy's Grave at Balquhidder	"Highland Prayer" from Sir Walter Scott's Lady of the Lake Illustrated by Howard Chandler Christy
Family mausoleum at Balquhidder of the Chiefs of Lanrick and Edinchip
Ghlune Dhu's grave and Celtic cross behind Glengyle House, Loch Katrine		Dalmally Kirkyard and two 15th century stones

Portnellan Island and the Portnellan gate Loch Katrine		Inchcailloch cemetery Loch Lomond
Main gate of Invercarnaig Loch Doine	"EIИ DOE AND SPER ИOT" Invercarnaig headstone	The Heart of Mid-Lothian Edinburgh

• Edinchip Estate, east of Balquhidder, is where the family mausoleum is located. It is still in use today. Chief Sir Gregor MacGregor was laid to rest there in 2003.

• Balquhidder Kirk is where Rob Roy, his wife, and two of his sons are buried.

• Invercarnaig, an ancient Clan Gregor burial ground dating back to the 17th C, lies at the top of Balquhidder glen at the west end of Loch Doine. Chief John MacGregor of Glencarn, was laid to rest in this family chapel on 18 September 1744 at the age of 76.

• Ghlune Dhu's grave with it's impressive Celtic cross is located in the family cemetery behind Glengyle House on the north end of Loch Katrine.

• Portnellan lies just to the south of Glengyle house, on the west side of Loch Katrine. The inscription over the gateway bears the MacGregor of Glengyle crest and motto, "E'en do and spare not."

• Inchcailloch Island, on the south end of Loch Lomond, is the final resting place of some of the ancient Clan Gregor Chiefs.

• Dalmally Kirk is the site of an ongoing Clan Gregor Society restoration project.

• The Heart of Mid-Lothian, on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, is not a burial place but it is the spot where Alistair of Glenstrae was hung with his kin after Glen Fruin. An old Highland custom is to spit on it.

• The Flowers of the Forest - The Clan Gregor Society in Scotland obituary page.

Photographs © Carolynn Black, Alistair Ferrie, Annie Stadden, Jimmie McGregor, and others

About the "Highland Prayer"
from Carolynn of Ard Choille

"This picture [from a 1910 edition of Lady of the Lake by Sir Walter Scott,  illustrated by Howard Chandler Christy] depicts the character of Roderick Dhu (Black), Chief of clan Alpin (Gregor). Upon learning that the King (James V) was coming to invade the highlands and punish clan Alpin, Roderick Dhu summoned the Fiery Cross for a Highland Gathering.

In Scott's book, Lady of the Lake - The Gathering, XXX Canto gives the words that represent the moment for the great Alpine Chief:"

Died on the Harp the closing hymn,
Unmoved in attitude and limb,
As listening still, Clan-Alpine's lord
Stood leaning on his heavy sword,
Until the page with humble sign
Twice pointed to the sun's decline.
Then while his plaid he round him cast,
"It is the last time -'t is the last,"
He muttered thrice, 'the last time e'er
That angel-voice shall Roderick Hear?
(Ellen Douglas-Lady of the Lake)
It was a goading thought, - his stride
Hied hastier down the mountain-side;
Sullen he flung him in the boat,
An instant 'cross the lake it shot,
They landed in that silvery bay,
And eastward held their hasty way,
Till, with the latest beams of light,
The band arrived on Lanrick's hight,
Where mustered in the vale below,
Clan Alpine's men in martial show.

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