The moorland around Muirkirk in Ayrshire was prime territory for illegal conventicles during the Killing Time — remote, accessible only on foot or horseback, with many escape routes. Armed conventicle guards clashed with government patrols periodically. This skirmish is representative of dozens of similar encounters across the south-west Scottish moors in the 1680s.
Forces indecisive; small skirmish near illegal conventicle site.
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