Scotsman's Stump

This morning's 21 mile run over Winter Hill in rain and low clouds took me passed the Scotsman's Stump just before the trig point on the summit of Winter Hill.

On 9 November 1838 George Henderson, a Scottish merchant walking over the hill from Bolton to Blackburn, was murdered by gunshot along the road directly opposite where the television mast now stands. James Whittle, a 22-year-old collier from Belmont, was brought to court and found guilty of murder. However, he was found not guilty at a second trial in Lancaster. There is an iron post with a plaque on the hill in memory of the victim erected in 1912, replacing a tree that was earlier planted opposite the television mast.This is known as Scotsman's Stump.

The text reads:
In memory of George Henderson traveller native of Annan Dumfrieshire who was barbarously murdered on Rivington Moor at noonday November 9th 1838 in the 20th year of his age.

Thanks to wikipedia