At the end of the fifteenth century, the formidable gibbet which dated from 1328, was already very much dilapidated; the beams were wormeaten, the chains rusted, the pillars green with mould; the layers of hewn stone were all cracked at their joints, and grass was growing on that platform which no feet touched.
À la fin du quinzième siècle, le formidable gibet, qui datait de 1328, était déjà fort décrépit. Les poutres étaient vermoulues, les chaînes rouillées, les piliers verts de moisissure.