The Paranormal Database

The Slow Train

Location: Rhydyfelin - Close to the old railway line
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: September 2003 or 2004
Further Comments: Four people heard a slow moving train from their cottage which stood close to the disused railway line. They went outside to investigate but could see nothing.

Marching

Location: Robeston Watham - Robeston Watham House
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1980s
Further Comments: The sound of heavy boots would occasionally be heard moving around the site, in one instance causing the occupier to believe a burglar had entered the property.

Lucy Walters

Location: Roch - Roch Castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Lucy has been reported running around the castle, her white clothing flowing as she moves, passing through closed doors if they stand in her way.

Lucy Waters

Location: Rosemarket - General area
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The whole village is haunted by the ghost of the Welsh princess Lucy Waters.

A Welsh Water Horse.

Large Water Horse

Location: St Brides Bay - Shore line
Type: Cryptozoology
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: After being caught by a ploughman, the water horse allowed itself to be used as a plough horse on nearby fields for a few weeks. Once it grew tired of the work, the creature dragged both plough and man into the sea from which they never emerged.

Stolen Bell

Location: St David's - Cathedral and Whitesand Bay
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Weather Dependent: Before stormy weather
Further Comments: The largest bell was stolen from the building by imps disguised as men (or according to others, Cromwellian soldiers) and transported out to sea where it was dropped into the Whitesand Bay. The bell still rings just before a storm, as a warning to nearby fishermen to return home. Another version of the tale says the bell was rested on several rocks during the heist, and it is the rocks that now ring before the weather changes.

Talking Stone

Location: St David's - Marble footbridge over the Alun (no longer present)
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Pre sixteenth century
Further Comments: A ten foot (three metre) long slab of marble used as a foot bridge spoke when a dead body was carried across towards the nearby cathedral. Future funeral routes ensured that the bridge was avoided.

Hymns

Location: St David's - St Nonna's church ruins
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 01 March (reoccurring)
Further Comments: The sound of phantom singing is heard coming from these church ruins on the evening of St David's Day.

Arthur's Grave?

Location: St David's Head - Coetan Arthur (aka Arthur's Quoit)
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Stones still present
Further Comments: This circular barrow is another contender for the final resting place of King Arthur (or just a stone which Arthur tossed to one side).

John Thorne

Location: St Dogmaels - Croft Road (may no longer exist)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Circa 1908
Further Comments: John Thorne died and left his money to his brother's children. However, there was twenty-five pounds missing. A few weeks after Thorne's death a relative walking home late at night spotted a white shape, around three-foot-tall, pass through a gate. The relative said that he was convinced it was Thorne's ghost wanting to reveal where the missing money was, but that he had been too afraid to follow.

The Fairy Led

Location: St Dogmaels - General area
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Circa 1860s
Further Comments: The neighbourhood was the haunt of particularly pesky fairies who would lead men off the paths at night and let them wander aimlessly until dawn. One man claimed he had walked to the north pole, but of course, some people exaggerate.

White Lady

Location: St Dogmaels - Sagranus Stone and nearby stream
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The Sagranus Stone which now stands in the church was once used as a footbridge across a nearby stream. While used as a bridge the stone had a reputation as being haunted by a white lady who would cross at midnight.

Ringing Rock

Location: St Govan's Head - St Govan's Chapel (and surrounding area)
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: When the church bell was stolen and dropped into the sea, it was recovered by supernatural means and concealed within solid rock. When the rock is tapped, the ringing of the bell can be heard. Some have speculated St Govan was in fact Sir Gawain, who became a hermit after Arthur's death. Another legend says anyone who tries counting the steps which lead to the Chapel will reach varying totals depending on whether they ascend or descend. Finally, the chapel was home to an expanding, hollow stone that would change shape and size depending on who attempted to climb inside. Once inside, a wish would be granted.

Dancing Stones

Location: Stackpole - Collection of prehistoric stones
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Stones still present
Further Comments: This collection of rocks is said to jig and jive at certain times of the day.

A sketch of witches casting a spell over their cauldron.

Simon

Location: Stackpole Elidor - House of Elidyr de Stackpole (no longer standing)
Type: Other
Date / Time: Twelfth century
Further Comments: A red-headed young man arrived at the house one morning and simply assumed the role of steward. Simon provided the owners of the house with everything they needed, before they knew they needed it, and insisted all serving staff ate the best food. One night, a suspicious member of the family followed Simon as he left the house and rendezvoused with witches; Simon confessed his mother was mortal and father a demon, and promptly left the house.

Lady Matthias

Location: Stackpole Elidor - Stackpole Court (no longer standing)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A headless coachman driving headless horses pulling a headless lady in a coach would travel around the former court building. The woman in the coach, named as Lady Matthias, was exorcised many years prior to the demolition of the building.

Lady Mansel

Location: Stradey - Old Stradey House
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This phantom woman may also be responsible for playing the organ late at night.

Chant

Location: Talley - Ruins of Talley Abbey
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1970s
Further Comments: The sound of phantom singing was heard emerging from under this ruined abbey.

Cloaked Man

Location: Talley - Talley House
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This shadowy figure, believed by some to be a monk, has been reported moving around the building.

Taliesin's Grave

Location: Talybont - Bedd Taliesin
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Stones still present
Further Comments: Taliesin, the sixth century chief bard of Britain, is reputed to be buried under this barrow. His bones are protected by magical means - the last time an attempt was made to excavate them, a storm suddenly erupted and scared the diggers away.

Rapping

Location: Talybont - Unidentified house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Circa May 1910
Further Comments: Two brothers and a sister who shared this house claimed to be plagued by nightly rapping, the slamming of doors, disembodied footsteps ascending the staircase, and the cries of a child.

Loud Footsteps

Location: Tefin - House built on very old cottages along the main road.
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2000s
Further Comments: The source unknown, this house is reportedly haunted by the sounds of knocking at night, footsteps running up the staircase during the day, and voices which can be heard downstairs by people trying to sleep upstairs.

Headless Group

Location: Tenby - Between Tenby and Sampson Cross
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Every night (reoccurring)
Further Comments: A headless team of horses driven by a headless coachman carries a headless lady in a coach along this road every night. As they reach the crossroads known as Sampson Cross, some ten miles from their starting point, they all disappear in a large explosion. Some people believe the entities have been laid, and now rest in a nearby lake.

Man in Black

Location: Tenby - Church
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Thought to be a former parish priest, this ghostly figure in a cassock walks down the aisle before fading away.

Dragging

Location: Tenby - Number 1 The Paragon
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Mid twentieth century
Further Comments: A mother and daughter living at the property reported hearing heavy footsteps followed by the scraping of a piece of furniture being dragged across the floor. Each blamed the other for the sounds until a family discussion reviled no one living at the house was the cause.