gallow-hill

Updated: July 11, 2025

"There is some goodness about him yet," said the Sacristan to the Abbot, who at that moment entered "He refused to hear a heretic preacher." "The better for him in the next world," answered the Abbot. "Prepare for death, my son, we deliver thee over to the secular arm of our bailie, for execution on the Gallow-hill by peep of light."

Sir Walter Scott - The Monastery