Devil
The Devil's Hemlock Stone
Short by four miles.
See it clearly
- What's there
- Sandstone pillar on Bramcote Hills
- Legend from
- Bramcote
- Tone
- Eerie
The Devil missed.
The Hemlock Stone is a tall sandstone pillar with a dark cap. The tale says the Devil was woken by the prayers of a monk at Lenton Priory and threw a rock at the priory. He fell short, and the rock is the Hemlock Stone. Geologists say it is a natural formation.