George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh

So following the bloody Battle of Bothwell Bridge in sixteen seventy-nine, over twelve hundred of these Covenanters were rounded up like cattle.

Now, the man appointed to break their spirits was the Lord Advocate, Sir George Mackenzie.

Now, Mackenzie was an educated man, a scholar, and a lawyer.

But beneath that powdered wig beat a heart made of cold, flinty steel.

The cemetery dates back to the 16th century and is home to the infamous Mackenzie Poltergeist.

This spirit is believed to be the restless ghost of Sir George Mackenzie, a ruthless persecutor of the Covenanters.

Visitors to the cemetery have reported being attacked or experiencing unexplained physical sensations near his tomb.

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So, following the bloody Battle of Bothwell Bridge in 1679, over 1,200 of these Covenanters were rounded up like cattle.

Now, the man appointed to break their spirits was the Lord Advocate, Sir George Mackenzie.

Now, Mackenzie was an educated man, a scholar and a lawyer, but beneath that powdered wig beat a heart made of cold, flinty steel.

He threw those captured souls into a walled-off open-air corner of Greyfriars Kirkland, what folks now call the Covenanters' Prison.

A homeless man fell through an open tomb and stumbled into a pit of bones and rotting remains.

That tomb belonged to Sir George Mackenzie, the 17th century Lord Advocate who crushed the Covenanters after Charles I tried to reshape the Scottish

Church.

Right.

So following the bloody Battle of Bothwell Bridge in sixteen seventy-nine, over twelve hundred of these Covenanters were rounded up like cattle.

Now, the man appointed to break their spirits was the Lord Advocate, Sir George Mackenzie.

Now, Mackenzie was an educated man, a scholar, and a lawyer.

But beneath that powdered wig beat a heart made of cold, flinty steel.

It, it's just as if there's a different-

I, I, I sometimes say hi to Sir George Mackenzie as I'm walking past his mausoleum, just for the, 'cause I know the pure bad rep, rap he gets.

He gets, he has to listen to people, you know, every day-

Yeah

So following the bloody Battle of Bothwell Bridge in 1679, over 1,200 of these Covenanters were rounded up like cattle.

Now, the man appointed to break their spirits was the Lord Advocate, Sir George Mackenzie.

Now, Mackenzie was an educated man, a scholar and a lawyer.

But beneath that powdered wig beat a heart made of cold, flinty steel.

So following the bloody Battle of Bothwell Bridge in 1679, over 1,200 of these Covenanters were rounded up like cattle.

Now, the man appointed to break their spirits was the Lord Advocate, Sir George Mackenzie.

Now, Mackenzie was an educated man, a scholar, and a lawyer, but beneath that powdered wig beat a heart made of cold, flinty steel.

He threw those captured souls into a walled-off open air corner of Greyfriars Kirk, what folks now call the Covenanters Prison, where over four bitter months of sleet, rain, and snow, he kept them penned with no roof over their heads and barely four ounces of bread a day.