Thurso, Gallow Hill
Execution Site (Post Medieval)
Site Name Thurso, Gallow Hill
Classification Execution Site (Post Medieval)
Canmore ID 8471
Site Number ND16NW 5
NGR ND 105 685
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/8471
- Council Highland
- Parish Thurso
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND16NW 5 105 685.
(Name: ND 1055 6858) Gallow Hill (NAT)
OS 6" map, Caithness, 2nd ed., (1907)
Gallow Hill: A slight eminence situated about half a mile W of Thurso. MacKay (1829) mentions: 'There was a large stone on this hill at one time and it was erected to commemorate the hanging of the last two of the band of Highlandmen who took part in a skirmish in Thurso, between Donald Macalister, an Irishman who fought under Montrose, and the Thurso men. This affair happended on a Sunday in the year 1649'.
R MacKay 1829; Name Book 1872.
No evidence of antiquity is to be seen on Gallow Hill.
Visited by OS (W D J) 17 April 1962.
The area is now covered by a housing scheme.
Visited by OS (J M) 24 September 1981.
