Warwick. Blacklow Hill, Gaveston's Cross
The Gaveston Cross on Blacklow Hill which marks the spot where the execution of Piers Gaveston took place, Warwick. 1860s
IMAGE LOCATION: (Warwickshire County Record Office)
Reference: PH, 652/1/48, img: 7083
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When Piers Gaveston was beheaded, his head was said to have rolled under a furze bush, where it was retrieved by an itinerant friar. Some other friars from Oxford were said to have retrieved the discarded body and taken it to give it a Christian burial.
Source: “Tales of Old Warwickshire” by Betty Smith
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