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Submitted by Anne T on Monday, 05 November 2018 Page Views: 4983
Multi-periodSite Name: Hanging Stanes (Braid Road) Alternative Name: Braid Road Gallows BasesCountry: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 0.4 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Midlothian Type: Marker Stone
Nearest Town: Edinburgh Nearest Village: South Morningside
Map Ref: NT24517061
Latitude: 55.922621N Longitude: 3.20956W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
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| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
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Anne T visited on 28th Oct 2018 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 5 The Hanging Stanes: Having spotted this site on the Ancient Stones website, and with them being just down the road from the Buck Stane, we decided to pay this site a visit on the way into Edinburgh City Centre. I don't know why I thought these were originally associated with witches, but found out otherwise during the visit.
We pulled up next to the junction of Braid Road and Comiston Road, as per the directions on the Ancient Stones, only to find some people from the house immediately next to it were leaving and getting into their car. The older gentleman from the house asked me if we’d seen the plaque on the street and told me around 30 people each day come to see these stones.
The plaque in the pavement reads: “The Hanging Stanes. Thomas Kelly and Henry O’R eil, the last two highwaymen in Scotland to be executed, were hanged in public on 25th January 1616, from the gallows erected on the two stanes still visible on the spot, which was where the robbery took place. Paid for by public subscription. 1995.”
I risked getting run over to avoid my shadow falling across the stones, but they were half in shade and half in the sun, so the photos weren’t great. With these stones being sited on the slope of a hill with views over the city centre, without the traffic and the people around, this would have been a very atmospheric and enigmatic place.
These stones are recorded as Canmore ID 74086 and also feature on The Ancient Stones website - see their entry for the Hanging Stones, Braid Road, Edinburgh.
This site is located 220m north of the Buckstane, also on Braid Road, and attract around 30 visitors a day according to a local resident. They are embedded in the road surface near the junction of Braid Road and Comiston Terrace; there is also a plaque on the pavement explaining the purpose of the stones and some of their story.
The Hanging Stanes were originally located at NT 2452 7068, but relocated 140m further south to NT 2451 7061. I originally thought these were associated with witches, but the plaque on the pavement reads: "“The Hanging Stanes. Thomas Kelly and Henry O’R eil, the last two highwaymen in Scotland to be executed, were hanged in public on 25th January 1616, from the gallows erected on the two stanes still visible on the spot, which was where the robbery took place. Paid for by public subscription. 1995.”
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