Next we visited the friendly-sounding Drowning Pool. Before capital punishment was abolished in the 19th century, this pool used to be used for the drowning of people convicted of witchcraft - although very few drownings ever actually took place. This pool was also exceptionally deep.
© Mark Hughes & Audrey Bowerman, July-August 2003
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