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The Pillory (Old Goa)
 Location
: Old Goa, Panjim, Goa
Where the Kuchcha road branches off from the road to Neura, leading to the Church and Convent of the Cross of Miracles , is a single pillar on a raised platform, which once occupied the central place in the city square, and was used for punishing offenders of the law, who were tied to it and publicly whipped.
The Pillory was in use during the Portuguese rule till the end of the 17th century. The pillar, which is of basalt, had iron rings fixed to it and from its figure and
mouldings it appears that the pillar might have formed part of a
Brahmanical temple.
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