Thesaurus Term/Concept: GIBBET

Identifier 68731
Class MONUMENT TYPE
Status Preferred
Index? Yes
Scope Note An upright post with projecting arm from which the body of a criminal would be hung in chains after execution.

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Context Record
Monument Type MNF13114 Possible site of Bronze Age barrow and site of post medieval gibbet (Monument)
Monument Type MNF56667 Site of gibbet, junction of Wisbech Road and Saddlebow Road (Monument)
Monument Type MNF15666 Site of post medieval gallows (Monument)
Monument Type MNF12293 Site of post medieval gibbet and human remains, Badley Moor (Monument)
Monument Type MNF14521 Undated enclosure, site of post medieval gibbet and Roman or Saxon gold ring (Monument)