Notice of an Urn and other Sepulchral remains, &c., discovered in the Windy-Goul, on Arthur's Seat, in cutting the New Road from Edinburgh to the Village of Duddingstone

Abstract

While digging a new road from Edinburgh to Duddingston through an area named Windy Gowl, several underground cavities were unearthed. One contained an urn and a further seven were found containing human remains. A small hatchet and some copper coins were also discovered nearby. The author notes that no weaponry was found near these graves and speculates that they may have been related to an area of execution nearby known as 'Hangman's Knowe'.