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Gallows Know Continued
"In 1822 the proprietor of Lathro, on trenching some of his grounds which had been planted 60 or 70 years before, came upon 13 graves, which did not appear to contain any coffins; but in one of them were two bodies, and a skull filled with undecayed teeth. This burying ground was on an eminence beside the ground trenched, and called the Gallows Knowe, and hence it is naturally supposed to have been the place of public execution. This burying ground must have been used before the Abolition of heritable jurisdictions, and when the proprietors of the Estate of Kinross had the power of Pit and Gallows, with regard to the bodies discovered, they were again committed to the earth, and the spot where they were found has been planted anew." New Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account]
Ordnance Survey - Fife and Kinross counties, OS Name Books - Fife and Kinross county - Volume 88 - Parishes of Fossaway, Kinross and Orwell, OS1/13/88
This volume contains information on the place names found in the parishes of Fossaway, Kinross, and Orwell.
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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