Dragon or monster
The Gurt Wurm of Shervage Wood
Shervage Wood, Quantock Hills, Somerset
A giant worm in Shervage Wood ate sheep, ponies and the odd shepherd. One day a woodcutter sat down for lunch on what he thought was a log.
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- When
- Legend
- Where
- 51.1500, -3.1500
- Group
- Dragons & monsters
Visiting
Shervage Wood has paths from the Quantock villages of Holford and Crowcombe.
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