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, 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.

Gallows Hill may also refer to:

• Gallows Hill (novel), a novel
• Gallows Hill (band), Missouri located hardcore progressive metal
• Gallows Hill (film), a 2013 film
• Gallow Hill, a hill in Scotland

In German-speaking countries, such a hill is called a Galgenberg, which also means "Gallows Hill", and survives in many place names.