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Caxton Gibbet

Caxton, Cambridgeshire

A roadside gibbet with a grim legend of a man hung alive.

A replica gibbet stands at the crossroads near Caxton. Legend says a murderer was once hung in an iron cage here while still alive.

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When
1700s
Where
52.2200, -0.1000
Group
Gibbets & executions

Visiting

At the junction of the A428 and A1198, near Caxton.

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