Covenanter's sword
This sword is believed to have belonged to a man called Welsh of
Scaur Farm, Irongray. Welsh was a wanted man after the battle of
Rullion Green and was named in a Royal Proclamation of 4 December
1666 as being a rebel and traitor to the Crown. Local tradition
tells us that Welsh escaped the soldiers coming to arrest him and
his sword was given to the man who saved his life.
The blade was made in Germany in the Turkish curved style. It
has a Passau wolf mark which dates it to the mid 17th
century. The blade has been set into an English
style hilt which would have orginially been bound with decorative
wire. Damage to the blade shows that it has been used in sword
fighting and has been sharpened many times.
Object no :
DMAM019a-d
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Accession number :
DUMFM:1997.57
Copyright :
Dumfries and Galloway Council