If your ancestors were handloom weavers in Scotland, you may be interested to learn that a memorial has been unveiled to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Bonnymuir, which was actually last year, but for which Covid restrictions prevented a ceremony. For further details, see https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-56649785; for the battle itself, see the National Library of Scotland's page at https://digital.nls.uk/scotlandspages/timeline/1820.html.
The Battle of Bonnymuir was an action that took place during the Radical War in 1820, in which reform was demanded by many in the artisan sector, including weavers and others within the crafts sector. You can read more about it at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radical_War.
Chris
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