Mitchell's Fold (The Cow Stone)
-1500 · Chirbury, Shropshire
Description
A Bronze Age stone circle steeped in a peculiar local myth. During a terrible famine, a magical white cow appeared here, providing endless milk for the starving locals. However, a malicious local witch named Mitchell cruelly milked the cow into a sieve until it ran dry and vanished. As punishment, she was turned into stone and trapped within the circle.
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Tom Naughton