Black
Watch Memorial - Situated close by Wade's Bridge is a monument
commemorating the establishment of the Black Watch Regiment in
1739. On On the top the cairn is the statue of a Highland volunteer
with his single eagle's feather.
THIS
CAIRN
IS ERECTED BY
GRATEFUL AND ADMIRING COUNTRYMEN
IN COMMEMORATION
OF THE ASSEMBLING TOGETHER AT TAYBRIDGE
IN OCTOBER 1739
OF THE SIX INDEPENDANT COMPANIES
AFTERWARDS INCREASED TO TEN
OF THE "FREICEADAN DUBH" OR BLACK WATCH WHO AFTER SERVING
IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE HIGHLANDS
WERE EMBODIED INTO A REGIMENT
DESIGNATED THE 43rd AND AFTERWARDS
THE 42nd ROYAL HIGHLANDER
WHOSE FIRST MUSTER
TOOK PLACE IN MAY 1740 NEAR TAYBRIDGE
AND ALSO IN RECOGNITION
OF THE VALOUR AND PATRIOTISM
WHICH HAVE EVER SINCE DISTINGUISHED
THE SOLDIERS OF THIS CORPS
DURING ITS ILLUSTRIOUS CAREER IN MANY LANDS
A.D. 1667