* 5 best ghost story in Wales
The Trapped Spirit
A ghost story which concerns the creation of the Vyrnwy Reservoir in Mid Wales in the 1880s.
It is a fascinating piece of social history as much as anything else. The entire valley of Treweryn, near Bala, was drowned so the people of Liverpool could have clean water, so it's no wonder the locals resisted the scheme.
But one of the things that alarmed them most was that one of the first tasks was to blow up a big rock, under which they believed an exorcist had trapped a troublesome spirit more than 100 years previously - and they genuinely feared the ghost would be released in the process.
The local vicar, Rev Evans, recorded what happened when the Scouse navvies finally got their way, and it makes amusing reading, for they became just as caught up in the atmosphere of dread as the locals.
A ghost story which concerns the creation of the Vyrnwy Reservoir in Mid Wales in the 1880s.
It is a fascinating piece of social history as much as anything else. The entire valley of Treweryn, near Bala, was drowned so the people of Liverpool could have clean water, so it's no wonder the locals resisted the scheme.
But one of the things that alarmed them most was that one of the first tasks was to blow up a big rock, under which they believed an exorcist had trapped a troublesome spirit more than 100 years previously - and they genuinely feared the ghost would be released in the process.
The local vicar, Rev Evans, recorded what happened when the Scouse navvies finally got their way, and it makes amusing reading, for they became just as caught up in the atmosphere of dread as the locals.
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