Gallows Hill
Gallows Hill is a name given to a hill serving, or formerly serving, as the site of a gallows. Such places include:
- British Isles:
- Gallows Hill SSSI, Wiltshire, England, a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire
- Gallows Hill, Lower Brailes, Warwickshire, England, on the B4035
- Gallows Hill, Cratloe, County Clare, named for execution of rebels by Cromwellian forces here circa 1650
- Gallows Hill, Lancaster, Lancashire, England, place where Pendle witches were hanged
- United States:
- Gallows Hill, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community in Pennsylvania
- Gallows Hill, Salem, Massachusetts, place where Bridget Bishop was hanged in 1692 as part of the Salem witch trials
- Gallows Hill, Tappan, New York, place where Major John André was hanged
- Australia:
- Gallows Hill, in The Rocks, Sydney, suburb
Gallows Hill may also refer to:
- Gallows Hill (novel), a 1997 supernatural thriller novel for young adults by Lois Duncan
- Gallows Hill (film), a 2013 American horror film directed by Víctor García
- Gallow Hill, a hill in Scotland
See also
- Galgenberg (disambiguation), the corresponding German name
- Gibbet Hill, the southern campus of the University of Warwick, England
- Gibbet Hill, Hindhead, a hill in Surrey, England
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