Quest for the Hexham Heads

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Archaeologists and geologists spent quite some time poking and prodding the Heads, taking chunks from the objects and each other. There was a good deal of dispute as to whether they were genuinely ancient or modern fabrications (with most opinion tending towards the latter). And there was the small matter of apparent poltergeist activity and a curse following the little Heads around. Don Robins at the Rollright Stones while working with The Dragon Project

A countryside scene. The Coquet Valley view of the Cheviot Hills from the ancient fort near Lordenshaw.

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the first was that they had once been set up in a Celtic shrine, placed in a niche to guard the temple;

In the intervening years, the worm grows into a huge beast, terrorising Wearside and curling itself menacingly around a hill (Worm Hill in Fatfield or Penshaw Hill depending on the version).

It was an average day in an average house in an average town, and this all happened to an average family. In fact, they would be the first to say that there was nothing unusual about them or their lives. Up until the point they found the heads. The two stone heads, each about the size of an orange, were thought to be Celtic in origin and collector Dr Anne Ross took possession of the heads, as she had several other stone heads in her collection and wished to compare them to the Hexham pair. A few nights after taking possession of the heads, Dr Ross awoke at 2am one morning, feeling cold and frightened. Looking up, she saw a strange creature standing in her bedroom doorway: Both stones were around 6cm tall, and were remarkable due to their apparent carving in the shape of little heads. Each was different from the other.