Edinburgh, Grassmarket, Gallows
Gallows (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Edinburgh, Grassmarket, Gallows
Classification Gallows (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 52123
Site Number NT27SE 12
NGR NT 2548 7340
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/52123
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
NT27SE 12 2548 7340.
Former Place of Public Execution (NR)
OS 1/500 plan (1895) and OS 1/1250 plan.
(NT 2548 7340) A cross (formed by bricks) in the road surface at this spot bears the inscription :- 'On this spot many martyrs and covenanters died for the Protestant Faith'. (17th century).
Visited by OS (J D) 25 December 1953.