UK Mega 2021 : Lincolnshire
LLL : The Dorrington Demons
We are here in Dorrington at the green on which stands the large ‘Dorrington Demons’ carving by Nick Jones. This recalls the local legend (or to be precise – two closely related legends) explaining how Dorrington’s church became so isolated from the village.
When it was attempted to build the church where the carving now stands each day’s work was mysteriously undone during the night. Eventually the workmen stayed up all night on guard but nothing happened until after they went for breakfast in the morning. Their work was all destroyed yet again, with one large stone being moved to the church’s present site. Once work began there, it was uninterrupted. The second version is similar but involves Tochti, a Saxon lord, who tried to build the church from stones taken from a pagan site. This version relates that the stones were again stolen each night, so the exasperated Tochti set a guard to watch over them. Having fallen asleep, they woke to witness a great oak being torn asunder as demons emerged to carry the stones effortlessly back up the hill. The existing site may therefore be a pagan one; and it is reputedly haunted!
I hope the Demons don't get you, you can find the cache nearby.
Happy Hunting.
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