Black Watch Monument Aberfeldy
THIS CAIRN IS ERECTED BY GRATEFUL AND ADMIRING COUNTRYMEN IN COMMEMORATION OF THE ASSEMBLING TOGETHER AT TAYBRIDGE IN OCTOBER 1739 OF THE SIX INDEPENDANT COMPANIES AFTERWARDS INCREASED TO TEN OF THE "FREICEADAN DUBH" OR BLACK WATCH WHO AFTER SERVING IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE HIGHLANDS WERE EMBODIED INTO A REGIMENT DESIGNATED THE 43rd AND AFTERWARDS THE 42nd ROYAL HIGHLANDER WHOSE FIRST MUSTER TOOK PLACE IN MAY 1740 NEAR TAYBRIDGE AND ALSO IN RECOGNITION OF THE VALOUR AND PATRIOTISM WHICH HAVE EVER SINCE DISTINGUISHED THE SOLDIERS OF THIS CORPS DURING ITS ILLUSTRIOUS CAREER IN MANY LANDS 1667 Black Watch memorial commemorating the raising of the world famous regiment. In the wake of the 1715 Scottish rebellion, companies of trustworthy Highlanders were raised from loyal clans. They became known as the Black Watch for the watch they kept on the Highlands and from their dark government tartan. In 1739 King George II authorised the companies be formed into a regiment of foot, "the men to be natives of that country, and none other to be taken". That same year they held their first regimental parade on the banks of the River Tay at Aberfeldy, on what is now part of the Golf course. The monument takes the form of a massive cairn surmounted by the statue of Private Farquhar Shaw dressed in the original uniform of the regiment.
Size: 3512px × 5288px
Photo credit: © David Gowans / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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