James Stewart was hanged on 8 November 1752 on a specially commissioned
gibbet above the narrows at
Ballachulish, now near the south entrance to the
Ballachulish Bridge. He died protesting his innocence, lamenting that people of the ages may think him capable of a horrid and barbarous murder. Before mounting the
scaffold, he sang the
35th Psalm in
Scottish Gaelic: To this day in the Highlands, it remains known as "The Psalm of James of the Glens". James's corpse was left hanging at the south end of the
Ballachulish Ferry for eighteen months as a warning to other clans with rebellious intentions. Over those months, it was beaten and battered by winds and rain. As it eventually deteriorated, the skeletal remains were held together with chains and wire. == Legacy ==