The Hanging Stanes

Thomas Kelly and Henry O'Neill, the last two highwaymen in Scotland to be executed, were hanged in public on 25th January 1815 from the gallows erected on the stanes still visible on the spot, which was where the robbery took place.

This is something I'd like to do more of. Uncovering bits of history that I've walked past hundreds of times without really taking notice.

These stanes ('stones' for those who are not Scots) are in the middle of Braid Road in Morningside.