Coombe Gibbet

Today I went out with the Ramblers for the first time since March 2020. We walked a loop from Walbury Hill on the North Wessex Downs, back past Coombe Gibbet.

'It was erected in 1676 for the purpose of gibbeting the bodies of George Broomham and Dorothy Newman and has only ever been used for them. The gibbet was placed in such a prominent location as a warning, to deter others from committing crimes.'

A bleak day, so no fine views.

Extra is near Coombe.