Pallinghurst Barrow by Grant Allen

<p><b>Pallinghurst Barrow by Grant Allen</b></p><p>A horror story about spirits who linger in old places in the English countryisde. Published 1892. Suggested by Susan Tudor-Coulson<br/> <br/><b>If You Appreciate The Work I’ve Put In Here</b> - You could buy me a coffee at <a href='https://ko-fi.com/tonywalker'>https://ko-fi.com/tonywalker</a> or join as a Patron for exclusive content here: <a href='https://www.patreon.com/barcud'>https://www.patreon.com/barcud</a></p><p><b>Grant Allen</b></p><p>Charles Grant Blairfindie Allen was born in 1848 on Wolfe Island in Ontario in Ca nada and died in Haselmere in Surrey aged 51. His father was from Dublin and he was a protestant minister. He was educated at home and then when he was 13, his family moved to the USA, then to France then to Britain. He was educated at King Edward’s School in Birmingham (where Tolkien later went amongst other famous alumni) and then at Merton College in Oxford. He went to teach in Brighton and in Jamaica. He returned to Britain from Jamaica and began to write professionally. He was most famous for his scientific essays. But he also wrote science fiction. </p><p>He was an atheist and socialist. He was married twice. He died of liver cancer in 1899. He was a friend and neighbour of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.</p><p><b>Chanctonbury Ring, Old Weird Albion</b></p><p><a href='https://oldweirdalbion.wordpress.com'>The Old Weird Albion | Justin Hopper || Landscape, Memory &amp; Myth</a><br/><br/>I mention how much I enjoy the work of Justin Hopper.  <a href='https://ghostbox.greedbag.com/buy/chanctonbury-rings-0/'>Chanctonbury Rings</a> – a spoke word and music album made with folk artist Sharron Kraus and Ghost Box Records co-founder The Belbury Poly (Ghost Box). </p><p>Long Barrows were the product of a late Stone Age civilisation with additions from Bronze Age folk. They are particularly to be found in Wessex and the south and west of England. But of course megalithic structures of similar types can be found all over Atlantic Europe. Nobody would sug