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Survey of English Place-Names

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Gallows Gore Ctgs

Other OS name in the Parish of Worth Matravers

Etymology

, where several tracks meet to cross the Kingston - Langton Mat . road , v. galga , gāra ; here three Swanage men who had fought for the Duke of Monmouth during the rebellion of 1685 were hanged , drawn and quartered by the soldiers of Jas 2 ( Swanage TGuide ) .