I recently watched “Stonehenge Decoded” on Disney+ and learned about the 2016 discovery of an ancient passage tomb similar to Newgrange, dating back to 3,500 BCE, near an 18th-century house in Ireland.
I thought, Wow, how weird is it that people lived right next to an ancient tomb for centuries? Kind of creepy, right?
Then, just today, I was reading about a haunted place near Dublin where the Hell Fire Club met in the 1700s for buttered whiskey and debauchery. One legend even claims they played cards with the devil himself.
Turns out, the site of the ancient passage tomb and the haunted Hell Fire hill are the same location! There’s also evidence that they may have used stones from the ancient tomb to build the meeting house, which some say is cursed as a result.
What a crazy spooky coincidence, that I would come across two separate stories about the same place, within just a few days of each other. I’d love to visit, someday.
~ J.L. Hilton
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