Tom A' Chrochair
Gallows (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Human Remains (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Tom A' Chrochair
Classification Gallows (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Human Remains (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 15444
Site Number NH92SE 4
NGR NH 9842 2119
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/15444
- Council Highland
- Parish Abernethy And Kincardine
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Badenoch And Strathspey
- Former County Inverness-shire
NH92SE 4 9842 2119.
(NH 9842 2119) Tom a'Chrochair Human Remains found here AD. 1865
OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1903)
According to local tradition a gallows stood here in the days of the Baron Bailies, ie. from 1694, when the Regality of Grant was erected by Royal Charter, to 1748, when the Regality Courts were abolished. Human bones were found here in 1826. (Tom a'Crochair - "Knoll of the hangman")
J M Mathieson 1953.
The tradition of a gallows on Tom a'Chrochair is still known locally. The knoll was virtually obliterated by the cutting of the railway in 1865, when the human remains were found.
Visited by OS (NKB) 16 September 1966.
