Where would you walk on the Devil's Causeway ?

McGruff

This is from the link below: I have enjoyed searching old tracks and lanes in Shropshire and happened upon an edition of Shropshire Folklore by Charlotte Burne (1883) and republished by E.P. Publishing 1973. In chapter 1 I read the following: 'On the road between Acton Burnell and Cardington is a stretch of rude pavement, from two to three hundred yards in length, known as the Devil's Causeway. It once formed part of a Roman road leading to Wroxeter from Rushbury, and in the judgement of the Rev. C.H. Hartshorne, the local antiquarian authority, was never more than on an average thirteen feet wide.' Ruckley, near Cardington, has a road containing paving stones now tarmaced over which, tradition holds, were part of the Devil's Causeway. This causeway is alleged to have been laid down by the Devil in a single night. An old belief holds that if you cross it at midnight you will meet the Devil mounted on a horse. Folklore decrees that if you have a good conscience you will not be troubled, but if you have committed evil, you will be attacked by the Devil and torn limb from limb. http://www.shropshire-promotions.co.uk/questions/Questions-4.html Jun 16 02, 10:46 AM

mk2norwich

There is a Devil's Causeway in the north-east of England. http://www.thenortheast.fsnet.co.uk/Tynedale.htm Jun 16 02, 10:52 AM