Memorials & monuments · Central Scotland
The Tinkers' Heart
In or near Cairndow.
The Tinkers' Heart in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom.
Elliott Simpson — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 15 min–45 min
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
About
The Tinkers' Heart is a place of interest in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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Heritage listing
The Tinkers' Heart is a Scottish Travellers' commemorative monument near the village of Cairndow by Loch Fyne in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It is also known as the Gypsy's Heart, Gypsies' Heart or Gypsy's Wedding Heart. It is scheduled as a Monument of National Importance. A field visit in 2012 shows the Heart as being made up of a heart-shape of 25 visible quartz pebbles, with a 26th pebble in the centre, and measuring 1.75 metres (5.7 ft) by 1.4 metres (4.6 ft).
From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
The Tinkers' Heart is a Scottish Travellers' commemorative monument near the village of Cairndow by Loch Fyne in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It is also known as the Gypsy's Heart, Gypsies' Heart or Gypsy's Wedding Heart. It is scheduled as a Monument of National Importance. A field visit in 2012 shows the Heart as being made up of a heart-shape of 25 visible quartz pebbles, with a 26th pebble in the centre, and measuring 1.75 metres (5.7 ft) by 1.4 metres (4.6 ft). Research done by Historic Scotland in 2015 concluded that from the evidence available, it was the only example in Scotland of a permanent physical Scottish Travellers' memorial.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
The Scottish travelling community maintain that the Heart was established as a monument to local tinkers who joined the Jacobite Rising of 1745, and weddings have been celebrated at the site since the mid-1800s. The monument's location was originally at the junction of the Strachar Road (A815 road) and the Hell's Glen (B839), but this junction was bypassed by new road building in the 1960s, thus placing the monument in a field.
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 56.2327, -4.9741
- District
- Argyll and Bute
- Postcode
- PA26 8BE
- Parliamentary constituency
- Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber
Sources
- wikidata: Q48800884 (CC0)
- wikipedia: The Tinkers' Heart (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is The Tinkers' Heart?
- The Tinkers' Heart is in the Scottish Highlands, United Kingdom (postcode PA26 8BE).
- What is The Tinkers' Heart?
- The Tinkers' Heart in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to The Tinkers' Heart?
- Drivers can use postcode PA26 8BE.
- Is The Tinkers' Heart a listed building?
- The Tinkers' Heart is officially recognised as scheduled monument listed.
- Is The Tinkers' Heart free to visit?
- Yes, The Tinkers' Heart is free to enter.
- How do I get to The Tinkers' Heart?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode PA26 8BE. It sits within the Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber parliamentary constituency.