Site of Post Medieval Gibbet at Gibbet Hill
Description of this historic site
The site of a gibbet, a structure from which the bodies of criminals were hung after they had been executed. The gibbet was in use during the Post Medieval period. The site is suggested by documentary evidence and is situated at Gibbet Hill.
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Notes about this historic site
1 Gibbet Hill was called ‘Loesby’s Gibbet’ in 1729 and is to be identfied with Pelgrimslowe of c1350.
2 Pilgrims Lowe was the site of the gibbet of Loseby, a murderer. This was at the crossing of the road between Rugby and Lutterworth and Watling Street. The tumulus was demolished during the construction of the turnpike road from Daventry to Lutterworth.
- For the sources of these notes, see the
- Timetrail record
- produced by the Historic Environment Record.
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