Milford Haven
The following accounts appeared in ‘The Haunted Homes and Family Traditions of Great Britain by John Ingram (1897).
The following accounts appeared in ‘The Haunted Homes and Family Traditions of Great Britain by John Ingram (1897).
Ancient Sites / Early Christianity / Folklore / Folktales / Merlin / Welsh Folktales
by Ian · Published July 29, 2013 · Last modified January 1, 2019
Llech Lafar, a speaking slab of marble by the River Alun is referred to by Wirt Sykes in his ‘British Goblins’ (1881). ‘The Talking Stone Llechlafar, or stone of loquacity, served as a bridge over the river Alyn, bounding the churchyard of St. David s in Pembrokeshire, on the northern side.
The following article by Nick Dermody about the Trefal Stone appeared on the BBC Wales website on 24 May 2012.
‘Archaeologists are to exhume and analyse human bones found under a prehistoric monument only recently identified as a burial site cap.
Devil / Folklore / Folktales / Occult / Welsh Folktales
by Ian · Published May 6, 2012 · Last modified January 1, 2019
Wirt Sykes in his British Goblins (1881) gives the following account of a devil summoning ceremony performed by a schoolmaster and renowned conjurer named John Jenkin in Pembrokeshire.
Apparitions / Devil / Hauntings / Legends
by Ian · Published April 29, 2012 · Last modified January 1, 2019
Wirt Sykes in his British Goblins (1881) tells us of what may have been the ghost of an animal or as those in the North of England may refer to as a hairy ghost. However, this one, according to Sykes may have been something more sinister.
Apparitions / Hauntings / Road Ghosts
by Ian · Published November 8, 2011 · Last modified January 1, 2019
The following story of a ‘Road Ghost’ on the A4076 at Steynton appeared on Wales Online, 7 August 2011.
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