Hill of Crows (Torrune)

The Hill of Crows is a low, but steep-sided, prominence situated just west of Torrune's Low City, a short distance outside the Portage Gate. The Portage Road, running from this gate up to Sillport above the falls, passes between the south slope of the Hill of Crows and the north bank of the Helvander. 
The hill is partially wooded, but the side facing the road only sparsely so, with mostly low bushes and bracken between scattered trees. On this slope, easily visible from the road below, the bodies of criminals executed in Torrune are displayed in iron gibbets or nailed to wagon-wheels atop tall poles, where the elements and scavenging birds will slowly reduce them to bones and tatters; this is the source of the hill's grim name. The site of this display is chosen so that all the trade and traffic flowing along the Portage Road will pass under it, providing a constant reminder of the punishment that awaits those who defy the Archon's law. 
On the flatter hilltop above the south-facing slope is situated a potter's field where the remains of the condemned are buried after they've been picked clean and taken down (or fallen) from the gibbets.