Lang Sandy Armstrong of Rowanburn, Borders, Scotland
N 55° 05.155 W 002° 55.637
30U E 504641 N 6104354
Statue of Lang Sandy Armstrong of Rowanburn, one of the infamous Border Reivers in the 16th/17th centuries.
Waymark Code: WMPKZW
Location: Southern Scotland, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/16/2015
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From the Reiver's website -
Lang Sandy Armstrong of Rowanburn was a Reiver of the worst kind! Lang Sandy gained his affectionately awarded nickname due to his height of over six feet, an abnormally giant of a man for the period. Remember this was over four centuries ago. He lived with his family in a tower house in the nearby fields, but the early 17th century was to introduce an appalling toll on all of the Border families.
A life sized red sandstone figurine of Lang Sandy can be seen in the village of Rowanburn. The original sycamore wood figure is held in the Clan Armstrong Trust archive.
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