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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GALLOWS HILL | Gallows Hill Gallows Hill Park Gallows Hill |
H. Young Esq. Estate Map. George Arnot Cleish. |
030 | [Situation] About 1 Mile W. [West] of Cleish. A small eminence of the farm of the Mains of Cleish Situated in an enclosure Called "Gallow-hill Park" On the Summit of this eminence is a Circular piece of table land about 25 feet in diameter, bearing indent marks of it having been made so by Artificial means. George Arnot an old man says that he helped to removed a large Cairn of Stones from this Spot Some years ago when he found A Quantity of human bones, but nothing in the form of Grasses or Urns. |
| Site of a CAIRN [Gallows Hill] | Site of Cairn Site of Cairn |
George Arnot Walter Bailly (Cogfauld) |
030 | [Situation] About 1 Mile W. [West] of Cleish. A small eminence of the farm of the Mains of Cleish Situated in an enclosure Called "Gallow-hill Park" On the Summit of this eminence is a Circular piece of table land about 25 feet in diameter, bearing indent marks of it having been made so by Artificial means. George Arnot an old man says that he helped to removed a large Cairn of Stones from this Spot Some years ago when he found A Quantity of human bones, but nothing in the form of Grasses or Urns. |
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Note: Gallows. - An elevated Station for a view etc. Jamieson.
Note: "Gallows Knowes or hills, throughout Scotland,
are universally Supposed to have been the
places for public executions under the feudal
System."
Ordnance Survey - Fife and Kinross counties, OS Name Books - Fife and Kinross county - Volume 4 - Parishes of Cleish, Fossaway and Kinross, OS1/13/4
This volume contains information on the place names found in the parishes of Cleish, Fossaway, and Kinross.
Ordnance Survey - Fife and Kinross counties
Ordnance Survey was established in the 18th century to create maps, surveys and associated records for the entirety of Great Britain. These records are arranged by county. This entry has been created to enable searching for Ordnance Survey records for the counties of Fife in the east of Scotland and Kinross in central Scotland. The boundaries of these counties were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.
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