Gazetteer English Sites Scottish Sites Welsh Sites Main Menu Folklore Featured Sites Legends Festivals Hauntings UFO's The Occult Pantheons Other Mysteries Information About Us Contact Us Clubs Copyright & Sources Disclaimer What's New Related Sites Links Disclaimer While every care has been taken to ensure that information in this website is correct and up to date we can accept no liability and no responsibility for any loss resulting from the reliance of information contained within these pages. The website has been created to provide a developing resource for mysterious subjects and places within Britain. We are not responsible for any information in pages linked directly and indirectly from these pages. Please remember to respect any ancient sites that you may choose to visit through this site. These monuments are our national heritage and although they can still be places of worship please don't cause any physical disturbance or leave anything at the sites. Some of the sites mentioned are on private property and are not open to the public, where possible these have been left out. A word on sources and reality of stories Some of these stories are drawn from sources that have perpetual mistakes from older sources, and assigning objective reality to the stories (especially hauntings) should be guarded against. Many of the older tales are purely folklore, although they may have been based on an event that left its mark on local society. For example: notorious characters who were known during their lives as tyrants and oppressors, often have their comeuppance after their death in grim folklore, perhaps as a way of come back by the local populace. These stories were retold over generations to become the folklore and legend of a local area. Many stories that have been recorded are at odds with conventional historical fact, and all should be taken with a grain of salt. That being said: almost everybody has a strange tale to tell and some of the modern experiences of hauntings are hard to ignore as mere fancy. We do not know all there is to know and I have no doubt that people experience frightening phenomena in certain places, although we do not know the mechanisms that are behind these experiences. As human beings our feelings, beliefs and passions are just as important to our own experience and 'truth' as the proven facts of science. A word should also be mentioned about the language used: said to be haunted, haunted, reputed to be haunted, generally mean the same thing: that there is a story about a haunting at a site rather than meaning the site is definitely haunted, as this is really tied to belief. I hope you enjoy the site. Danny J Parkinson MB Forum Your Experiences Have you experienced the paranormal? We would like to hear your stories. Enquiries We receive a lot of e-mails asking about various themes covered in this website, we always try to reply to all of them. If you have a question e-mail to info@mysteriousbritain.co.uk Web Design: © D.Parkinson 2000