Crockett Memorial, Laurieston

By special request by a fellow blipper.

A memorial to one of Scotland's lesser known literary greats

the impressive memorial at Laurieston Village, the Clachanpluck of 'The Raiders' story. Paid for by public subscription and unveiled in 1932 by his wife Ruth Crockett, it is constructed with large granite blocks set on a slight rise just off the road. Barrie (of Peter Pan fame) visited and stayed with Crockett frequently.

Seemingly he never met Robert Louis Stevenson but they corresponded regularly and a plaque on the pillar carries part of the Stevenson poem, To SR Crockett ,

Blows the wind today,
and the sun and the rain are flying,
Blows the wind on the moors today and now,
Where about the graves of the martyrs the whaups are crying
My heart remembers Now!