Suggested site of pagan Saxon temple on Harrow Hill, Long Compton
Description of this historic site
The suggested site of a pagan temple on Harrow Hill, the name 'Harrow' possibly refers to a place of worship. There are no earthworks present, but the site may date to the Migration Period.
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Notes about this historic site
1 This is possibly the site of a pagan saxon temple on Harrow Hill. The name ‘Harrow’ may indicate ancient heathen worship (‘hearg’) on the hill.
2 The field in which the temple may have been sited is down to grass. There is nothing to be seen on the surface.
- For the sources of these notes, see the
- Timetrail record
- produced by the Historic Environment Record.
Comments
On winter nights a coach drawn by six horses and driven by a headless man is said to career down Harrow Hill. It is said to be the ghostly re-enactment of a fatal coaching accident in the eighteenth century.
Source: “Folklore of Warwickshire” by Roy Palmer
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