Thesaurus Term/Concept: GALLOWS

Identifier 68729
Class MONUMENT TYPE
Status Preferred
Index? Yes
Scope Note A structure used for execution by hanging. Usually two uprights and a cross-piece, from which the offender is suspended by the neck.

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Context Record
Monument Type MKE100082 Former Site of Dover's Gallows, Bridge Street, Dover (Monument)
Monument Type MKE110928 Limes Land, formally Gallows Green, Tenterden (Landscape)