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The quote is by Montague Summers 10 April August Clergyman and author of many books on the arcane. It refers to the once common practice of burying suicides at the crossroads.
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To make doubly sure that the evil spirit could not rise a wooden stake was hammered through the heart of the suicide, a custom that was outlawed by legal decree as recently as An example of this grisly practice was found at Yaddlethorpe Hill, Bottesford, near Scunthorpe. In When lowering the hill, workmen unearthed a human skeleton buried at the south side of the highway with an oak stake driven through its heart. The bones of the supposed suicide were later reburied in Bottesford churchyard. Credence was given to the story when workmen widening the road in the early part of the last century unearthed a coffin containing a human skeleton, along with a number of old coins.
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The truth of the story, however, is that in the 19th century the foundations of a Roman bath house and traces of a Roman villa were found near the location and the coins still occasionally found in the area are Roman in origin. A lych-gate, a roofed porch type structure used for funerary purposes once stood at or near the crossroads. Try the Kindle edition and experience these great reading features: Share your thoughts with other customers.
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