Winter's Gibbet is a fairly famous local landmark in Northumberland, on the moors near the village of Elsdon. Here's the story behind it... "Winter's Gibbet - Steng Cross: In 1791, the body of William Winter was hung here in chains, in sight of the place where he had murdered old Margaret Crozier of The Raw, Elsdon. The present gibbet was erected on the exact site of the original. The large block of stone at the foot of the gibbet is the base of the Saxon cross which marked the highest point of this ancient drove road, down which cattle were driven from Scotland to the English markets. A mile further east, a group of four trees marks the smithy where the cattle were shod before reaching the metalled roads. Cattle shoes have been found on the site."
Bless.. the good old gibbet. I do love how you have the red sky behind this one... This is a place I have been meaning to get to for some time... would like to do the same effect for this as I have for my Shepherds rest sign.
Anyway... I grew up not far from here, so have a few stories of my own... though one thing I had heard is that the Gibbit is a bad place to get a good photo as for one reason or another all shots would come out blurred or marked in some way. I see from your photo that that is not the truth of it... or maybe that just goes for photos taken after dark? lol
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