The Paranormal Database

Targets

Location: Otterford (Somerset) - Robin Hood's Butts
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Three tumuli here were said to have been used by Robin Hood for target practice. The area is also reputedly home to a phantom procession of soldiers, and when treasure hunters tried to raid the tumuli, the dirt is said to have replaced itself as quick as it was removed.

De Mandeville

Location: Outer London: Enfield (Greater London) - Camlet Moat, Enfield Chase
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Dying in an accident while trying to bury his treasure (or by suicide by drowning himself in the moat), Sir Geoffrey De Mandeville has returned to watch over his fortune, dressed in his knightly armour.

Sunken Treasure

Location: Pengersick (Cornwall) - Cudden Point
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A ship laden with treasure is reported to have been lost in the time of Queen Elizabeth.

No Chest

Location: Pickhill (North Yorkshire) - Hill
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Mother Shipton was said to have prophesied that when the hill was cut open, a black chest filled with money would be found. Alas, when the hill was cut into by railway workers in 1851, no treasure was discovered.

Man

Location: Port Talbot (West Glamorgan) - Hafod Farm
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The ghost of a man appeared to a farm labourer several times. The labourer finally listened to the entity who told the man to go to Neath and dig at a certain location. The labourer did as instructed and found enough gold to construct a row of cottages.

Gold

Location: Priddy (Somerset) - Nine Barrows
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: One of the barrows in this region is said to contain a fantastic golden coffin.

Chest of Gold

Location: Reeth (North Yorkshire) - Maiden's Castle (Iron Age fort)
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Every attempt to find this hoard of gold is met with failure; it is protected by a hen capable of extinguishing candles and, when the hen fails, violent storms which rise from nowhere.

White Woman

Location: Rhosili (West Glamorgan) - Paviland Cave, between village and Port Eynon
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This cave is haunted by a greedy woman who entered it looking for hidden treasure - a sudden storm blew up, trapping and drowning her.

Richmond Castle (public domain).

King Arthur

Location: Richmond (North Yorkshire) - Richmond Castle
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Beneath the keep of the castle, deep underground, is a secret room where King Arthur rests until Britain needs him. A young drummer who was sent down a tunnel to find the hideout vanished without trace, though his phantom drumming can still be heard underground. Finally, the castle's Gold Hole Tower had associated folklore which said gold was concealed underneath, although no evidence of this has ever been uncovered.

Ghost's Treasure

Location: River Ogmore (South Glamorgan) - Exact location not known
Type: Unknown Ghost Type
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A tailor's wife was asked by a ghost to cast some treasure, gained during the phantom's lifetime by nefarious means, into the river so it could rest easy. The woman did as asked, but tossed the treasure upstream rather than downstream, condemning the ghost to remain earthbound. The ghost created a strong wind which whisked the woman high into the air and she was later found unconscious along a lane.

Hidden Gold

Location: Robin Hood's Butts (Somerset) - Exact location unknown
Type: Other
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Under these manmade hills is a fortune in gold - alas, it is impossible to recover, as any hole dug quickly refills itself by supernatural means.

Golden Coffin

Location: Rodmarton (Gloucestershire) - Windmill Tump
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This is another location where a golden coffin is reputed to be buried.

Guarded Hoard

Location: Ruborough Camp (Somerset) - Exact location unknown
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Magically concealed, the treasure hidden here only stands a chance of discovery when the moon is full. However, if anyone comes too close to discovering the hoard, a phantom horse appears and charges the treasure hunter.

Golden Table

Location: Ryme Intrinseca (Dorset) - Court Hill
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A golden table is reputed to be at the bottom of a well on the hill.

Haunted Hoard

Location: Scawby-cum-Sturton (Lincolnshire) - Corner formed by A18 and A15, between Scawby and Sturton, known as Lidgett's Gap
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Somewhere around an ash tree in the area known as Lidgett's Gap is said to be hidden treasure, though it is protected by a boggard.

Hidden Treasure

Location: Selkirk (Borders) - Tamleuchar Cross
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: An old poem states that 'Atween the wat grund and the dry, the gowd o' Tamleuchar doth lie'.

Greed isn't Good

Location: Sexhow (North Yorkshire) - Unnamed farm in the area
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Likely pre-nineteenth century
Further Comments: The ghost of a recently deceased woman appeared to a farmer and asked him to dig up her hidden treasure - he could keep all the silver but had to give all the gold to her niece. The farmer dug up the treasure and kept it all to himself. The woman returned and haunted him day and night until he died soon after, her ghost witnessed by neighbours just prior to the farmer's body being found on his horse.

Monk

Location: Shaftesbury (Dorset) - Shaftesbury Abbey
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Monk unknown, man in 1971
Further Comments: When this man died, he was the only one to know the true location of the Abbey's hidden treasure. He now returns to ensure it remains hidden. It is worth noting that the ghost 'walks' on his knees - one assumes this is because of a change in ground level. Several people claimed to have seen a phantom man running around the ruins at night; some say that this was the ghost of King Edward.

Badbury Rings hillfort, Dorset.

Arthur's Victory

Location: Shapwick (Dorset) - Badbury Rings
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Battle in sixth century(?), entities in late twentieth century
Further Comments: This hillfort has been named by some as the location where King Arthur defeated the Saxons. Several phantasmic events also surround the Rings, including the sighting of a ghostly warrior on horseback, a spectral woman wearing a black dress, and an ugly dwarf-like entity which peers into the windows of parked cars. Finally, there are stories of a golden coffin buried in the area.

Coffin

Location: Shepton Mallet (Somerset) - Barrow on Beacon Hill
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This barrow is another that was rumoured to contain a golden coffin.

A ghostly figure checking his gold.

Knocking Man

Location: Shillington (Bedfordshire) - Knocking (or Money) Knoll
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The tapping sounds that are said to emerge from this mound come from a man hidden inside, rapping on his treasure chest to ensure it is still full. Other reports say that the ghostly figure walks up to the knoll and taps on the grass before vanishing.

Treasure Guardian

Location: Shipham (Somerset) - Wimblestone
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Stone still present, said to dance when a full moon falls upon Midsummer Night
Further Comments: This large monolith's treasure could be seen in the hole left as the stone danced around its field.

Chest of Gold

Location: Shorwell (Isle of Wight) - Elm tree in an unnamed wood near the area
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Protected by a magical black bird, the chest can only be pulled from the ground by a dozen white oxen.

Tunnel

Location: Sidbury (Wiltshire) - Unnamed Well
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Unknown, story told circa 1954
Further Comments: A well in the village was said to have contained a tunnel that led to Sidbury hill. Somewhere within the tunnel is concealed a golden chair.

Hidden Treasure

Location: Slad (Gloucestershire) - Area known as Pan's Wood (may no longer exist or has been renamed)
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Accidents or sudden death is said to have prevented treasure hunters from finding the hoard hidden somewhere here. Even if people have come close to finding it, strange noises have caused them to flee.