Field conventicles — illegal outdoor prayer meetings — were regularly disrupted by government dragoons during the Killing Time. Armed Covenanters formed guards for their congregations and skirmishes occurred when dragoons attempted to disperse them. This episode near the Ayrshire moors resulted in deaths on both sides and further burials in unmarked graves across the hills.
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