What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: Near this spot were the town's instruments of punishment including stocks pillory whipping post and cage Recorded plaque organisation: Dover Society.
This site marks where public punishments were carried out, reflecting the community’s use of shaming and physical punishment as deterrents in historical legal practices.
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