Winnats Pass, Castleton

A grim legend surrounds Winnats Pass near Castleton, where a young couple returning from Gretna Green were reportedly ambushed and murdered by five men in the 18th century. After robbing them of £200, the gang killed the man and later silenced the woman with a miner’s pick when her screams gave them pause. The bodies were buried under cover of night, though the murderers were said to be driven back twice by uncanny sounds they took for supernatural warning. Folklore holds that all five men met tragic ends, with the last confessing on his deathbed—and some claim the spirits of…