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The Laidly Worm

Spindleston Heugh, Northumberland

A princess turned into a dragon by her jealous stepmother.

The story says a jealous queen of Bamburgh turned her stepdaughter, Princess Margaret, into a loathsome dragon, the Laidly Worm. It coiled around the crag at Spindleston and terrorised the land.

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When
Medieval legend
Where
55.5850, -1.7400
Group
Legends

Visiting

Bamburgh Castle is close by; the crag is reached by a lane.

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