Bottomless poolsFamous
The Bottomless Pools
No bottom.
Stand where it happened
- What's there
- Reedy pools in fields
- Legend from
- Darlington
- Tone
- Eerie
Barnaby yea, Barnaby nay!
The Hell Kettles are pools formed by subsidence in 1179 and popularly believed to be bottomless. A farmer who led hay on St Barnabas' Day despite warnings is said to have been swallowed with his cart.