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Linlithgow, Place Of Public Execution
Execution Site (Post Medieval)
Site Name Linlithgow, Place Of Public Execution
Classification Execution Site (Post Medieval)
Canmore ID 49260
Site Number NT07NW 83
NGR NT 0020 7715
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/49260
- Council West Lothian
- Parish Linlithgow
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District West Lothian
- Former County West Lothian
NT07NW 83 0020 7715
Place of public execution (NAT)
OS 25" map (1856)
The scaffold was erected here in 1819 for the last execution which took place in Linlithgow.
Name Book 1856.
