Haunted Bronze Age burial sites : " Sal's Grave "

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A site survey of the haunted Bronze Age burial site. (Apologies for the poor sound quality of this upload. The wind was howling across the plains of Warwickshire whilst filming.) Sal's Grave is a haunted Bronze Age burial site in Warwickshire, between the hamlets of Alveston and Hampton Lucy. Not far from the River Avon where it loops north by Hatton Rock. Haunted by the Ghost of Sal herself and also haunted by The Black Dog of nearby Meon Hill. Local legend has claimed that Sal's Grave is haunted by the Ghost of a Witch called Sal. These legends stretch back centuries. The exact identity of Sal is uncertain, but Sal was a woman. Whether Sal was the original Bronze Age inhabitant of the burial barrow - or whether she lived later and was buried there is unknown. Whether Sal was executed for Witchcraft before burial is unknown. But the legend of Sal's many hauntings go back at least to early Medieval times. However, it is entirely possible that these hauntings and even Sal herself are Bronze Age in origin - if so then Sal's Grave is one of the oldest hauntings not just in Warwickshire but in the whole of Britain. Originally a Bronze Age Barrow (burial site) circular in shape, after 4000 years of exposure to the elements the mound has long since imploded. For many years it was a hollow, a natural depression in the earth. Now it has been flooded and lies on a watercourse which acts as a tributary to the nearby River Avon. The site has recently been landscaped and few old trees survive. Historically speaking, the atmosphere of the site was probably a lot more sinister and spooky than it is today - a dark hollow surrounded by a ring of ancient Yew trees which blocked out much of the light. If you didn't know the history of the site you might think today it was just an ornamental lake with muddy banks. Not so. Paranormal activity is endemic at Sal's Grave. This is an active site. Landscaping the site wont diminish the durability and longevity of Sal's ability to haunt. Sal the Witch is not known to be a compassionate Ghost. Sal has haunted, and still haunts, the site. One of most famous of the hauntings dates back to 1875. A young shepherd from the nearby village of Lower Quinton, about 8 miles away, in the shadow of Meon Hill, came to work the fields around Sal's Grave. For nine days he kept watch over the flocks of sheep. On every single night this boy claimed to have been haunted by the Ghost of Sal and by The Black Dog of Meon Hill, a demonic Hellhound and harbinger of impending death. Each night the boy claimed to have been haunted by The Black Dog and by Sal herself (she was described as a beautiful woman in a long silk dress, either with no head - or carrying her own severed head in her ghostly hands. Even though the head was severed from the shoulders it continued to scream. To see either The Black Dog or Sal is said to be a certain sign of Death's approach. The boy fled Sal's Grave - and a family member was said to have died the next day. The shepherd boy's name was Charles Walton. The same Charles Walton (local Witch and Countryman) who on 14th February 1945, whilst clearing hedges on the slopes of Meon Hill - was brutally murdered and his body carved with Occult symbols. His killer was never caught. It has become known as The Witchcraft murder of Meon Hill. Many times during his life he told people that he had witnessed The Black Dog and the Ghost of Sal when he was a boy. It was whilst he was working at Sal's Grave that he suffered the haunting. Sal's Grave still holds a strange aura about it. The site still has real Paranormal provenance - not just historically but also in the present. Why Sal's Grave isn't more famous in Paranormal research circles is a mystery. Note - a full and entire archaeological excavation has never been conducted. It is entirely possible the bones of Sal the Witch (whoever she was) still lie in her grave, See also : The most haunted place in Britain - The infamous Meon Hill