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Tower of London
London
Title
Execution Site Monument
Date
2006
Medium
glass & stone
Accession number
3006493
Acquisition method
commissioned, 2005
Work type
Monument
Inscription description
around the edge of the lower black circle: Gentle visitor pause a while, where you stand death cut away the light of many days. Here jewelled names were broken from the vivid thread of life. May they rest in peace while we walk the generations around their strife and courage under these restless skies.; around the edge of the upper glass circle: Close to this site were executed: William, Lord Hastings 1483 Queen Anne Boleyn 1536 Margaret, Countess of Salisbury 1541 Jane Viscountess Rochford 1542 Queen Katherine Howard 1542 Lady Jane Grey 1554 Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex 1601 Highlander Farquhar Shaw 19 July 1743 Highlander Samuel Macpherson 19 July 1743 Highlander Malcolm Macpherson 19 July 1743
