Examining folkloric, paranormal & cryptozoological locations in the UK and beyond
Shrouded Woman, public domain.
Location: Aberhafesp (Powys) - Aberhafesp Hall
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The phantom white woman is said to make her way from the nearby church to a door on the east side of the hall.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2008-01-08
Last updated: 2008-01-08
ID: #8139
Location: Aberhowy (Powys) - Road to village from Cardigan Bay
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Weather Dependent: Foggy nights (last reported 1956?)
Further Comments: The ghost of David on his push bike is said to guide people along the road when the weather is densely foggy and dangerous. Bowen lost his son in an automobile accident on such a night, and now tries to ensure such a tragedy never happens again.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2005-03-01
Last updated: 2005-03-01
ID: #5916
Location: Abermule (Powys) - Gate along the railway track to Montgomery
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Winter 1921
Further Comments: A woman in black spoke to a teenager along this track, expressing her disappointment that another train was not due for two hours. The witness believed that the woman was a victim of the rail crash here which took seventeen lives on 26 January 1921.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2020-08-31
Last updated: 2020-08-31
ID: #13899
Location: Berriew (Powys) - Field between Hafodafel and Pen-y-Llwyn
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A child walking this path with his aunt watched many people moving around a sheep pen, including a pale woman wearing a red jacket and a crown. When the child mentioned it to his aunt a little later, she said he must have been dreaming, as only ruins stood in that field.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2020-09-09
Last updated: 2020-09-09
ID: #13923
Location: Black Mountain (Powys) - Likely area north of Crickhowell
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A Gwyllion which took the form of an old lady was said to haunt this mountain. She would be seen just in front of walkers and appear to slowly hobble, although no matter how fast witnesses would travel, she would always stay ahead. The entity would try to lure witnesses into marshland.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2020-08-30
Last updated: 2020-08-30
ID: #13894
Location: Brecon (Powys) - Abercamlais House
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The main bedroom was once said to be haunted although the finer points of the phantom are not known.
Source:
Published Media, User Submission
First added: 2019-12-28
Last updated: 2019-12-28
ID: #13481
Location: Brecon (Powys) - Caer Bannau
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This woman in white was said to have been a princess - anyone who carried the ghost to a nearby churchyard could put her soul to rest.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2012-03-04
Last updated: 2012-03-04
ID: #10760
Location: Brecon (Powys) - Chapel close to Neuadd
Type: Post-Mortem Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A glowing light was seen after dark by a handful of separate witnesses. Soon after, a farmer ploughing a field close to where the light had been seen unearthed a body buried in a trunk. After the remains were removed, the light was seen no more.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2020-11-10
Last updated: 2020-11-10
ID: #13996
Location: Brecon (Powys) - Guildhall
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A popular place for event-based ghost hunts, the site is said to be haunted by a young girl, and two men who sit in the upper gallery.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2019-12-28
Last updated: 2019-12-28
ID: #13487
Location: Brecon (Powys) - River Honddu
Type: Cryptozoology
Date / Time: Nineteenth century?
Further Comments: Home of a Welsh water horse, this creature tempts people to mount it before terrifying the rider by dragging them over rough land and through the air.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2005-03-01
Last updated: 2005-03-01
ID: #5918
Location: Brecon (Powys) - The Welsh Bookshop, The Struet
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This entity dressed in eighteenth century clothing vanishes through a wall and emerges in the building next door.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2005-01-08
Last updated: 2005-01-08
ID: #5805
Location: Brecon Beacons (Powys) - Exact area unknown, but possibly mountain closest to Aberbeeg
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A man crossing the mountain watched a fairy coal mine at work. The operation was taking place in complete silence, and the witness knew that no mortal mine existed in the area.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2020-08-04
Last updated: 2020-08-04
ID: #13869
Location: Brecon Beacons (Powys) - Llwynywormwood, also known as Llwynywermod
Type: Manifestation of the Living
Date / Time: Circa 1870
Further Comments: In an estate now owned by the Prince of Wales, one former occupant claimed to have seen her husband in a bedroom, even though he was four hundred miles from the property at the time.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2019-12-28
Last updated: 2019-12-28
ID: #13482
Detail from The Intruder, John Anster Fitzgerald.
Location: Brecon Beacons (Powys) - Llyn Cwm Llwch (somewhere around the area)
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: 01 May (reoccurring)
Further Comments: Once a year, a secret door opens here which will take mortals to the fairy realm. The door was once always open, but after a man stole a fairy flower, access was restricted. The area is also home to an old woman who uses music to lure the weak willed into the lake waters where they drown - once she has killed nine hundred people, she will regain her youth and become mortal.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2002-07-14
Last updated: 2002-07-14
ID: #1735
Location: Bronllys (Powys) - All over the village (including Pontywal)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Circa 1908
Further Comments: This white entity was seen several times silently moving at speed around the village, sometimes disappearing only to reappear moments later draped in black. Even though occasionally pursued by locals, it could never be caught, and even once appeared in Pontywal (the home of Breconshire's chief constable).
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2021-09-30
Last updated: 2021-09-30
ID: #14281
Location: Builth Wells (Powys) - Llanelwedd Arms Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The ghost which was said to haunt this site was described as friendly.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2019-12-28
Last updated: 2019-12-28
ID: #13483
Location: Builth Wells (Powys) - Pile of stones (no longer present)
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: King Arthur's dog Cavall left his footprint upon a stone while hunting the mythical boar Twrch Trwyth (Troyt). Arthur had the footprint placed on top of a cairn, and if removed, the marked stone would always return the following day.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2021-05-18
Last updated: 2021-05-18
ID: #14159
Location: Burgedin (Powys) - Lock-keepers cottage, Montgomery Canal
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This building is said to be home to a woman bricked up in the basement after trying to run off with a man.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2004-03-13
Last updated: 2004-03-13
ID: #5067
Location: Clyro (Powys) - General area
Type: ABC
Date / Time: Summer 1989
Further Comments: This mysterious creature killed dozens of sheep over the summer months, tearing out their throats. Two people who saw the beast said it was dark in colour and larger than a dog. Not all agreed with the belief that the creature was a cat, some stating that the entity was a gwyllgi, a large black dog.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2005-02-16
Last updated: 2005-02-16
ID: #5861
Location: Crickhowell (Powys) - Stone by the River Usk
Type: Legend
Date / Time: 23 June (or Midsummer Eve) (reoccurring)
Further Comments: Once a year this strangely shaped stone dives into the local river and goes for a swim.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2004-08-22
Last updated: 2004-08-22
ID: #5373
Location: Cyfronydd (Powys) - Private residence
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2000s
Further Comments: A ghostly child was said to haunt this property, giggling and knocking on doors. Items would also be hidden around the building.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2015-10-18
Last updated: 2015-10-18
ID: #11938
Location: Cyfronydd (Powys) - Private residence
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2000-2012
Further Comments: While in bed, one witness heard knocking followed by the sounds of someone ascending the stairs. The voices and giggling of a young boy and girl could then be heard, before two small orange glows, like candlelight, appeared on the ceiling. The witness woke their partner, asking if they could see anything - they could. The witnesses then briefly glimpsed the children; the boy, around eight years old and the girl, slightly younger, then disappeared. Other, less dramatic, events occurred to the occupants during their time in the property.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2025-11-29
Last updated: 2025-11-29
ID: #16188
Location: Dylife (Powys) - Old mine tunnels
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1980s
Further Comments: A man exploring the tunnels watched a blue glowing light, the size of a small person, moving around ahead of him. Old miners once told tales of balls of light which moved around the tunnels until they reached the surface, where they floated off into the sky.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2005-02-05
Last updated: 2005-02-05
ID: #5844
Location: Evenjobb (Powys) - Four stones near Hindwell Pool
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Midnight
Further Comments: Each night on the stroke of twelve, these four standing stones walk to Hindwell Pool to quench their thirst before returning before the sun rises.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2008-03-01
Last updated: 2008-03-01
ID: #8275
Location: Gilfach (Powys) - Fields in the area
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown, but pre twentieth century
Further Comments: Having set off to the fair before daybreak, a man became aware that the Woman of the Mountain, a troublesome entity which tried to lead people into marshland, had taken an interest in him. He could hear her calling to him, and he became aware that a coach was close behind him, even though the path he trod could not support one. He threw himself to the ground and covered his head until dawn, when the sounds of the woman ceased.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2020-08-30
Last updated: 2020-08-30
ID: #13895