Hidden Britain AtlasOpen the map
All places › Gibbets & executions
Execution site

The Grassmarket Gallows

Grassmarket, Edinburgh

Where 'Half-hangit Maggie' came back to life on the way to her grave.

Edinburgh's gallows stood in the Grassmarket, where many Covenanters were executed. In 1724 Maggie Dickson was hanged here for hiding the death of her newborn baby.

Read the full story, see it on the map, get directions and find what else is nearby in the free Hidden Britain Atlas map.

Open The Grassmarket Gallows on the mapReport a sighting here
When
Until 1784
Where
55.9470, -3.1960
Group
Gibbets & executions

Visiting

A memorial marks the gallows site. Maggie Dickson's pub is nearby.

Nearby mysteries