Archaeology Notes

Event ID 759242

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NC92SW 54 908 213.

Torr ma Croich.

H Morrison 1853.

'Torr-na-croiche', the gallows knowe, is so called from its summit being the place of execution of two notorious thieves whose graves can still be seen at the foot of the hill.

D Sage 1898.

No graves were found during field investigation.

Visited by OS 2 June 1961.

Known locally as 'The Gallows Hill'.

Visited by OS (JM) 8 February 1977.