SITE OF ANCIENT SCAFFOLD
HERE THE EARL OF KILMARNOCK AND LORD BALMERINO
SUFFERED
18TH AUGUST 1746

The plaque is located on the site of the old London gallows, a place where traitors and criminals were publicly executed, as well as many members of the nobility.

The sign marks the place where two who took part in the Jacobite rising of 1745 were hanged in an attempt to restore the House of Stuart to the throne of England.
The two mentioned on the plaque are William Boyd - 4th Earl of Kilmarnock and Arthur Elphinstone, 6th Lord Balmerino who were executed by beheading.

The place was photographed on the same day Click for a larger image

Around the sign are 5 large stones marking 125 people who were executed on the spot because of their faith.
The following text is written on the middle stone:
TO COMMEMORATE THE TRAGIC HISTORY AND IN MANY CASES THE MARTYRDOM OF THOSE WHO FOR THE SAKE OF THEIR FAITH COUNTRY OR IDEALS STAKED THEIR LIVES AND LOST

ON THIS SITE MORE THAN 125 WERE PUT TO DEATH
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And on the rest of the stones are their names and the year they were executed