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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
GALLOWS KNOWE Gallows Knowe
Gallows Knowe
Alexander Stephenson Leys of Dun
Henry Cowie (Gamekeeper)
027 A small eminence covered with wood, having all the appearance of being artificial. It is situated in the Park in front of Dun House a short distance east of the avenue leading from the West Lodge; Alexander Stevenson states that when a boy attending school (he is now a very old man) it was called the "Pit and Gallows" & the tradition was that the former Lairds or Barons of Dun had tried & executed vassals on it.

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Dun Parish

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