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Location: Between Sheringham and Cromer, NORFOLK
Legend: "On Runton Heath...one of East Anglia's black shucks, or ghost dogs from the underworld, prowls the cliffs between Sheringham and Cromer. Some people say that this one is headless..." (1)

"[The Black Dog] Haunts the coast nearby". (2)

Source:

(1) Shirley Toulson: 'East Anglia: Walking the Ley Lines and Ancient Tracks' (Wildwood House, 1979), p. 80.

(2) 'Word-Lore: The Folk Magazine' Vol.1 (1926), p.91.

Place Name: Sheringham - OE 'homestead of Scera's people'

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