The Paranormal Database

Headless Figure

Location: Inkpen (Berkshire) - Barrow located on Sadler's Farm
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The barrow is said to be either haunted or protected (or both?) by a headless figure. At least one barrow in the village is said to contain a solid gold (or silver) coffin, though when the barrow was dug up in the early twentieth century, nothing was found.

Gold Dorothy

Location: Inshore (Highland) - Unknown stone in the area
Type: Other
Date / Time: Mid nineteenth century
Further Comments: A woman named Dorothy from Durness had a dream about discovering gold under a stone. She dug in the area but found nothing. Twelve months later she had the same dream, and taking a friend, dug at the same spot again. They found nothing. Another twelve months later, the same dream, and she dug a third time. She found nothing, but she did gain the nickname Gold Dorothy. She never dreamed about the treasure again.

The Buttermarket Shopping Centre, Ipswich.

Monks

Location: Ipswich (Suffolk) - WS Cowell's, now the site of the Buttermarket Centre
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Late twentieth century (monk), 2016 (footsteps and keys)
Further Comments: While the Cowell's building stood here (a monastery was formally on the site), a few employees reported observing an old monk. Two women, on separate occasions, were supposed to have fainted after seeing the figure, and at least one man had fled during a night shift. Phantom footsteps were also heard in the factory, and perhaps more recently by a cleaner at work in the shopping centre, with the sound accompanied by jangling keys. A local legend says that hundreds of years ago, when the monastery was under attack, the occupants hid their treasure down a well on the site - it was never recovered and remains to this day.

Two Headed Dog

Location: Kildonan (Highland) - Unknown pool
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A pool in the area is said to contain treasure, though unfortunately it is guarded by a large hound with two heads. A man who managed to drain the pool of all its contents was visited by the hound, resulting in him reversing his actions and replacing the water.

Bull

Location: Kilmacow (County Cork) - Exact location unknown
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A pot of gold hidden in the area was protected by a bull which appeared whenever treasure hunters came to the area. Legend said that the only person who could claim the money as his own had the name Foley.

Protective Voice

Location: Kilmarnock (Ayrshire) - Craufurdland bridge
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A hoard of treasure is reported to be hidden under the bridge, though if anyone comes too close to discovering it, a voice talks them into leaving the scene empty handed.

Monks

Location: Kings Langley (Hertfordshire) - Priory Orchard
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Ghostly monks have been reported drifting around the orchard, apparently looking for buried treasure.

Coffin

Location: Kingston Deverill (Wiltshire) - Barrow
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A golden coffin is reputed to be buried under this barrow.

Pendragon

Location: Kirkby Stephen (Cumbria) - Pendragon Castle
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Castle still stands (on private land)
Further Comments: Uther Pendragon, the father of King Arthur, resided here until he and a hundred of his men were poisoned by the Saxon invaders. Some believe Pendragon's ghost remains here. Another ghost, that of Sir Hugh de Morville, haunts the building as punishment for murdering Thomas Becket. Finally, a hoard of treasure hidden here is protected by a phantom black hen that replaces the soil of any hole dug just as quick as it is removed!

Phantom highwayman.

Cooper

Location: Lacey Green (Buckinghamshire) - Coopers Grave (area of road), two stones at the junction of a bridleway
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Cooper was a highwayman who, so successful at robbing the rich, died a wealthy man. Cooper was buried with his treasure along the road he committed many of his crimes, and the place post-mortem he continues to dwell.

Guardians

Location: Lagg, Isle of Arran (Ayrshire) - Torrylin Cairn
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Structures still present
Further Comments: Strange shadowy entities once stood guard over the burial chambers, cursing anyone who removed treasure or relics. In one instance, the entities followed home a man who removed a skull and tore around his home like a whirlwind. The man returned the skull the following day, but even then, the phantoms remained, until the man was thrown from his horse and killed a few months later.

Gold

Location: Langton Matravers (Dorset) - Wilkswood
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A golden hoard is said to be concealed around this area. It is unclear whether this treasure relates to the phantom Romans said to walk the area.

Leiston Abbey

Shuck Skeleton?

Location: Leiston (Suffolk) - Leiston Abbey
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: 2013
Further Comments: In 2013, the remains of a hound, initially reported to be two metres long, were unearthed on the abbey grounds. Because of the proximity to the village of Bungay, some media outlets claimed the remains belonged to the Black Shuck; an old local legend says the area was home to the large phantom dog. A propagated descendant from the Holy Thorn at Glastonbury was said to grow here, and treasure rumoured to exist on the site - it is worth noting that 321 11th century silver coins (nicknamed The Pasty) were discovered at the nearby Sizewell C construction site in 2025. Finally, a network of secret tunnels were rumoured to connect the abbey to Dunwich's Greyfriars and Framlingham Castle, which would have been an amazing feat of engineering.

Gold Guardians

Location: Lelant (Cornwall) - Trencrom Hill
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This hill was formed when a giant buried his treasure, leaving a troupe of warrior fairies to protect it. They have been called into action at least once, appearing as a would-be treasure hunter arrived armed with pick and shovel.

Gold spills out from an old kettle pot.

Katie Neevie's Hoord

Location: Lesmahagow (Lanarkshire) - A very large stone hidden on a farm in the area
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A local rhyme reads 'Between Dillerhill and Crossford, there lies Katie Neevie's hoord'. It is thought that the hoard takes the form of gold concealed within a kettle, a boot and a bull hide.

Knight

Location: Lewes (Sussex) - Mount Caburn - iron age hillfort
Type: Legend - Old Nick
Date / Time: Hillfort still present
Further Comments: A knight in gold armour and a silver coffin are said to be concealed under this fort. The fort was believed to have been created by Old Nick, one of the mounds of dirt he left behind while digging the nearby 'Devil's Dyke'.

Golden Warrior

Location: Lexden (Essex) - Belgic (or Bronze Age) barrow
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Dismissed 1924
Further Comments: While a local legend said that a warrior clad in gold was buried here; when excavated in 1924, gold and silver objects were found (but no golden warrior).

Macduff's Castle

Location: Lindores (Fife) - Body of water nicknamed Sillar Lake (likely to be currently known as Lindores Loch)
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Still present?
Further Comments: Traces of a castle thought to have belonged to Macduff exist in the village, and an old legend says that before the castle was ransacked, the treasure was thrown into a lake.

Headless Horseman

Location: Litchfield (Hampshire) - Angledown Barrow (aka Angle Down Barrow)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Holding his head under one arm, this horseman was said to have manifested when a small group of men attempted to dig up the barrow while looking for treasure (reputed to be a golden image).

No Gold

Location: Little Bosullow (Cornwall) - Men Scryfa Menhir
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Standing stone still present
Further Comments: It was thought that a golden hoard was concealed under the stone, though searches have found nothing.

A guardian raven protects his gold.

Chest of Wealth

Location: Little Wittenham (Berkshire) - Money-Pit, The Clumps
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This chest of fabulous treasure is buried somewhere in the area and is protected by a large black raven. This bird once told a would-be treasure hunter that the wealth belongs to one man and one man alone.

Solid Gold

Location: Littlebredy (aka Little Bredy) (Dorset) - The Grey Mare & Her Colts (long barrow)
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Stone still present
Further Comments: Hidden under the Grey Mare is reputedly a coffin made from solid gold. There is also a local legend that connects the barrow to a phantom horse that runs around the area.

Pirates

Location: Llanafan (Dyfed) - Craig-yr-Ogof
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: After concealing a hoard of gold and other treasures, these ghostly pirates still protect their stolen wealth.

Druid

Location: Llanddaniel Fab (Gwynedd) - Bryn Celli Ddu
Type: Other
Date / Time: Circa 1802
Further Comments: A farmer who thought the prehistoric monument contained treasure entered the chamber, only to come face-to-face with a pale ghostly druid. The farmer fled, but later returned and realised that the figure was just a tall white stone.

An illustration of a man holding a harp.

Harpist

Location: Llandysul (Dyfed) - River Teifi
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The sound of a harp that can be heard at the stretch of the river known as 'Pool of the Harper' is thought to belong to a performer who drowned there. The banks of the river, which stretches for some 75 miles, are said to be home to a couple of phantom women. A woman in green wearing emeralds is said to protect a hidden treasure (details of which are sadly lacking), while a woman dressed from head to toe in black drifts around looking for something (or someone).