Monument to Piers Gaveston at Blacklow Hill
Monument to Piers Gaveston (1284-1312), 1st Earl of Cornwall and favourite of Kng Edward II of England, near Warwick. In 1823, a cross (pictured here) was erected at Blacklow Hill by local squire, Bertie Greathead, at the place believed to be the location of Gaveston's execution
Picture No
10651895
Media ID
46558237
Size
3000px x 4738px
(1.3MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
Unattributed postcard
Date
circa 1920s
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Executed Favourite Gaveston Piers Warwick Warwickshire
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