N Yorkshire's Mysterious Sites -------------Hauntings------------ Spofforth Castle Marston Moor A64 Scarborough Castle Acaster Malbis ---------------Major Sites----------- Whitby Haunted York -----Stone Circles and Henges----- The Devil's Arrows ---------------Legends----------- Richmond Castle Middleham Castle Semer Water Giggleswick Knaresborough Athelhampton Manor ---------------Folklore----------- Fountains Abbey Brimham Rocks Bainbridge West Witton Upsall Trollers Gill Hobhole Bridestones Filey Brig Home Site Map Yorkshire Map England Map Scotland Map Wales Map Upsall Upsall is associated with a common tale: A man from the village dreamed for three consecutive nights that he should go to London and stand on London Bridge. Conceding to impulse he went to London and while on the bridge he was approached by a Quaker, to whom he told his dream. The Quaker replied that he had also been plagued by a recurring dream: that if he went to a place called Upsall and dug under a certain tree by the castle he would find gold. The Upsall man returned home in silence, grabbed a spade and went to castle, digging under the tree he discovered a chest of gold and became a wealthy man. Map ref: SE 4586 Hob Hole Runswick Bay The haunt of a goblin, Hob, which is a generic term for a brownie of boggle in Yorkshire. This hob was unusual in that the was thought to be able to cure whooping cough, and parents would bring their afflicted child to the cave and recite a rhyme in the hope of a cure. Map ref: NZ 8217 Directions: Runswick Bay reached via a minor road off the A174 to the Northwest of Whitby. Knaresborough Knaresborough is most famous for its connections with the prophetess Mother Shipton. She is said to have been born in a cave now known as Mother Shipton's cave, now a popular tourist attraction. Within walking distance from the cave on the banks of the river Nidd is the dropping well, or petrifying well. A sheet of water that falls over a smooth limestone cliff face. The water from the well collects limestone and gradually turns any items left hanging beneath the well into solid stone. Behind this is a more traditional type of wishing well. The area was once covered by the great forest of Knaresbourough few vestiges of which remain in the present day. Map ref: SE 3657 Directions:Knaresborough is reached from the A59 of Junction 47 from the A1M. The Bridestones The Bridestones are a set of natural weathered stones that are thought to have been used for ancient worship. A weathered horned head is carved into one of the stones, the date of the carving unknown. Map ref: TA 8792 Directions: To the East of the A169 Northeast of Lockton.