Gallows Hill
Gallows Hill is in Highland Council, Scotland. Gallows Hill is situated nearby to the forest Earl’s Cross Wood, as well as near Gorse.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dornoch Castle and Dornoch Cathedral.
Dornoch Castle
Castle
Photo: Tom Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dornoch Castle is situated opposite Dornoch Cathedral in the town of Dornoch, Scotland. As of 2000, the castle is operated as a family-run hotel with 24 rooms. Dornoch Castle is situated 2,600 feet southwest of Gallows Hill.
Dornoch Cathedral
Church
Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dornoch Cathedral is a Church of Scotland parish church serving the small Sutherland town of Dornoch, in the Scottish Highlands. Despite its name, the church is no longer a cathedral as it is a church of the Church of Scotland but retains the name due… Dornoch Cathedral is situated 2,500 feet southwest of Gallows Hill.
Dornoch Academy
School
Dornoch Academy is a state secondary school situated in the small town of Dornoch in Sutherland in northern Scotland. Dornoch Academy is situated 1 mile west of Gallows Hill.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dornoch and Camore.
Dornoch
Town
Dornoch is a town, seaside resort, parish and former royal burgh in the county of Sutherland in the Highlands of Scotland. It lies on the north shore of the Dornoch Firth, near to where it opens into the Moray Firth to the east.
Camore
Hamlet
Camore is a small hamlet, located 0.5 mile directly southeast of Evelix, and 1.5 miles west of Dornoch, in south east Sutherland, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. Camore is situated 1½ miles west of Gallows Hill.
Embo
Village
Photo: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Embo is a village in the Highland Council Area in Scotland and the former postal county of Sutherland, about two miles north-northeast of Dornoch. Embo is situated 2 miles northeast of Gallows Hill.
Gallows Hill
- Type: Sign
- Inscription: “GALLOWS HILL Donald Mackay hanged here on 26th May 1738 for murdering a witch. His was the last execution at Dornoch.”
- Categories: information and tourism
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.8849° or 57° 53′ 6″ northLongitude
-4.02022° or 4° 1′ 13″ westOpen location code
9C9QVXMH+XWOpenStreetMap ID
node 11968777129OpenStreetMap feature
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