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Gallow Hill
Human Remains (Period Unknown)
Site Name Gallow Hill
Classification Human Remains (Period Unknown)
Canmore ID 77530
Site Number NO44NE 18
NGR NO 4558 4928
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/77530
- Council Angus
- Parish Forfar
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Angus
- Former County Angus
NO44NE 18 4558 4928.
Gallow Hill (name at NO 4563 4960 on OS 1:10,000 map, 1973): a slight eminence in Whitehill Wood. According to local tradition criminals were executed here in feudal times.
Name Book (Forfarshire).
Burials of two adults were found at NO 4558 4928, at Gallow Hill. Exposed by uprooting of a tree during a gale, 31st January 1953.
Information from F T Wainwright to Ordnance Survey. 28 May 1958.
Note (1978)
Gallow Hill, Balmashanner NO 455 492 NO44NE
In 1953 two burials of unknown date, were found on the SW side of the hill.
RCAHMS 1978
