The Site Of The Town Gallows
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The Site Of The Town Gallows
Image: © Mary and Angus Hogg Taken: 22 Sep 2006
New housing, located near the hill where the town gallows formerly stood. The last man hanged here was a Girvan man for killing his neighbour in 1718. Eye witnesses to the crime could not be produced, but the fact that he was a Girvan man was sufficient for his Maybole judges to convict him. (Source: "Maybole - Carrick's Capital" by James T Gray)
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Image Location
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55.354785
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-4.695232