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The original Haughfoot Lodge is a unique
piece of Scottish Masonic History. Founded in the year 1702 it was the World's
first Lodge of purely speculative Masons and although The Grand Lodge of Scotland was
founded in 1736 the Haughfoot Lodge remained independent during it's whole existence
from 1702 - 1763
This Lodge was founded in August 2002 for Masonic educational
purposes and to be a continuation of the Historical fact of the original Lodge's
existence
There are a number of Research
Lodges within Freemasonry these provide an added level of interest to Masonic
Students - most deal with Masonic history by presenting papers etc. The
Haughfoot Lodge No 1824 was set up as a new Masonic Lodge to examine, study and
to exemplify the actual degree workings carried out in the original Haughfoot
Lodge (and other Lodges of Freemasons working before 1700). These were the
rituals being used before the formation of a Grand Lodge - (England 1717 -
Ireland - 1725 - Scotland 1736 )
The Lodge has now visited a number of other Lodges to demonstrate
the type of working performed by our forebears
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