This is the graveyard of 37 Irish navigators who died during a typhus outbreak whilst the construction of the Carlisle to Glasgow Railway was underway.

This Burial-Ground is situated at Rowantree pool on the SE bank of the River Clyde, beneath and immediately east of Elvanfoot Road Bridge which serves the B7076.

D-shaped on plan with the chord of the D on the SW defined by a stone wall, the rest of the circuit is marked by an arc of eight mortared stone cones approximately 1m in height linked by lengths of chain.

A tablet set into the mid point of the NE face of the wall at the SW end of the burial-ground is inscribed as follows:

ERECTED 1916 : IN MEMORY OF THIRTY SEVEN WORKMEN WHO DIED WHEN ENGAGED IN THE CONSTRUCTION/OF THE CALEDONIAN RAILWAY AND WERE BURIED IN THIS GROUND WHICH IS CONSECRATED 12TH AUGUST 1847 BY MICHAEL RUSSELL, BISHOP OF GLASGOW

Many Locals have Volunteered a lot of free time to help keep this site clear of Litter from Passing Vehicles.

Most Recently Crawford & Elvanfoot Community Council had an Information Sign Commissioned.