Memorial Type:

Memorial - Funerary

Does the monument still exist?

Yes

Installation Date:

18 May 2018

Inscription:

Here lie the remains of those Scottish soldiers from the Battle of Dunbar who died in Durham
1650-1651
were excavated from Palace Green Library in 2013 and were reburied here on 18 May 2018.

Allegiance:

Scots Covenanter

Condition:

Average

Condition Description:

The headstone is discoloured and partly overgrown with lichen.

Memorial Notes:

When first interred the burials were commemorated with a simple wooden cross (see image), but this was replaced, sometime after July 2018, with a headstone. Upon entering the cemetery via the lichgate the grave is the first one that is marked by a headstone, located to the right of the grass path. The grave contains the remains of 28 Scottish Soldiers who had been captured at the battle of Dunbar on 3 September 1650 and who were marched to Durham Cathedral. Owing to privations experienced on that march approximately 1700 prisoners died at Durham and were buried in mass graves at Palace Green, Durham. In November 2013 building works at the Palace Green Library unearthed human remains. Exhumations were undertaken and 28 individual skeletons were identified. After extensive research was carried out the 28 individuals were reburied at Elvet Hill Road Cemetery on 18 May 2018. The 28 individuals were buried in a single casket and in a single grave that has a headstone.