The Paranormal Database

Guardian Monster

Location: Dartmoor (Devon) - Chaw Gully
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Protecting a hoard of treasure, this beast has teamed up with a raven which calls out if anyone comes too close to the gold. The beast will then wait until a rope is lowered into the pit and then sever it when the treasure hunter is climbing down. The body would always be found outside the hole in the morning.

Golden Coffin

Location: Dealand (Dorset) - Wor barrow (aka Worbarrow)
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This barrow was once believed to have contained a coffin of solid gold - excavations have never found such an item.

Hidden Cave

Location: Delvin (County Westmeath) - Unknown hill in the area, (off the road to Ballinlough?)
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A secret entrance on the hill leads to a hidden cave which contains treasure, so the story goes.

Horse and Rider

Location: Denbury Down (Devon) - Woodland in the area
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A figure on horseback has been observed in the distance, holding a shield and sword. Perhaps connected to this entity, the sounds of a horse charging through woodland have been reported. There may be an additional relationship to the nearby Denbury Hill Iron Age hill fort which folklore says contains golden treasure.

White Spotted Dog

Location: Diamor (County Meath) - Moat
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A secret room in the moat was said to contain nine kegs of gold protected by a large black dog with a white spot. The only way to escape with the gold was to stab the dog three times with a dagger to the white spot.

Buried Boulder

Location: Digby (Lincolnshire) - Exact location unknown - somewhere on the edge of the fen, near the Dorrington boundary
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Still present?
Further Comments: This large stone is said to have buried itself, and underneath is hidden treasure.

Fairy Treasure

Location: Dinghurst (Somerset) - Dolebury Warren hillfort
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Dressed in red cloth, the fairies would keep an eye on their treasure buried under the hillfort. Fairy pipes were said to have been found around the site.

Flying Beast

Location: Dolbury (aka Dolebury) (Devon) - Exe valley between Dolbury Hill & Cadbury Hill
Type: Dragon
Date / Time: Every night (reoccurring)
Further Comments: To guard the treasure buried under both hills, this beast flies between the two locations each night.

Treasure Guardians

Location: Duncansby Head (Highland) - Cave system off coast
Type: Cryptozoology
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A team of mermaids and mermen are reported to guard a hidden cave full of treasure.

Golden Cradle

Location: East Harling (Norfolk) - Pilgrim's Meadow
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: With its location now covered by trees, this mythical treasure is unlikely to be found any time soon.

Dunstanburgh Castle, copyright Tim Robinson 2012.

Sir Guy the Seeker

Location: Embleton (Northumberland) - Dunstanburgh Castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Sir Guy's spirit cannot be laid to rest until he rediscovers the maiden that he once stumbled upon while hiding in these ruins from a storm. Another ghost on site is the Earl of Lancaster, executed on the site (though the executioner was so incompetent it took almost a dozen blows to remove the Earl's head). Finally, a woman lies enchanted somewhere in the ruins, and will awaken when the 'right knight' blows his horn. It is thought that the same woman is responsible for the shining stones which could once be found in the area, which were considered part of her hidden treasure to be awarded to the person who saved her.

Chair

Location: Enford (Wiltshire) - Round barrow
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A golden chair is reputed to sit at the bottom of this barrow.

Golden Coffin

Location: Evercreech (Somerset) - Barrow on Small Down
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This is another location where a golden coffin is reputed to be buried.

Cycling Through

Location: Exeter (Devon) - Exeter's Underground Passages
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The guides of the underground passages, normally open to the public, tell of a phantom cyclist who passes through the area. There is also rumoured to be hidden treasure somewhere in the tunnels.

Polish Gentleman

Location: Fearn (Highland) - Area between Fearn and Nigg, exact location not known
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: After he died, the noble from Poland left a great deal of money to friends and relatives, but the hidden funds could not be found. Though his shade was seen shortly after death, no one has had the courage to face the ghost and ask where his treasure is concealed.

Soldier

Location: Feenish Island (County Galway) - Area around castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: An unknown amount of gold hidden somewhere in this area is guarded by a ghostly soldier.

Coole Castle.

Gold Protector

Location: Ferbane (County Offaly) - Coole Castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The castle is haunted by a spirit that protects a hidden pot of gold. If the treasure is removed from the castle, it is said that the ghost will not rest until it has returned the pot to the hiding place.

Guardian Beast

Location: Fern (Angus) - Castle of Vayne (ruins)
Type: Cryptozoology
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Protecting a wealth of gold and jewels, this monster tends to remain hidden unless threatened by treasure hunters. Nearby, in a sandstone rock, there is said to be the imprint of a kelpie's hoof, and the demon horse itself is said to live in a nearby pool.

Coffin

Location: Firle (Sussex) - Hill
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This is another location where a silver coffin is reputed to be buried.

Storm

Location: Fowey (Cornwall) - Menhir in the area
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A group of men tried to remove this stone to reach the mythical treasure beneath. A storm blew up, the wind, thunder and lightning driving them away.

The Spittal Hill Tut

Location: Freiston (Lincolnshire) - Spittal Hill Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Nineteenth century?
Further Comments: Nicknamed the Spittal Hill Tut, this ghostly entity would take the form of a small horse. The entity grabbed one man passing through the area on horseback, almost crushing him to death. Some believed that Tut existed to protect some treasure concealed beneath the hill.

Silence

Location: Frithsden (Hertfordshire) - Rose's Hole
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A chest of gold remains hidden in this area and can only be discovered by treasure hunters who remain completely silent while searching for the hoard. One group of hunters discovered the treasure but then lost it after one spoke.

Golden Plough

Location: Fritton (Norfolk) - Tumulus
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This mound was once thought to contain treasure in the form of a golden plough.

Pot of Gold

Location: Gatcombe (Gloucestershire) - Gatcombe Tump (long barrow)
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A woman named Molly is said to have had a dream about finding gold at this location. The story ends either with Molly being struck by lightning as she lifts the stone, a ghost scaring her away, a ghost asking her husband to name five local churches (which he fails to do), or Molly recovering the gold.

Hidden Hoard

Location: Gatehouse of Fleet (Dumfries and Galloway) - Cairnholy Cairns
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Still present
Further Comments: These two rows of standing stones are thought to contain hidden treasures.