Kielder Stone

The Kielder Stone sits high on Deadwater Fell, a place where storm clouds gather. It is a really spooky spot, destined for dark deeds, and desolate, even for a wild Northumberland fell. Legend has it that, if you walk around it three times “withershins” (anticlockwise) your most evil wishes will be granted. A young woman was abandoned by her fiancé and she cursed him with the Kielder Stone. His new-born son died; his new wife died and, in the end, he went mad with misery. But the curses rebound on the young woman who is cursed by the memory of what she has done and cannot undo: What goes round comes round. Be careful what you wish for. This legend is told by Hexham poet Wilfred W. Gibson in his poem "The Kielder Stone." https://www.poetrynook.com/poem/kielder-stone. There are probably other interpretations of the legend.
W.P. Collier produced a postcard of it.
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Image from the Heritage Centre Bellingham Collection. Border Forest Park. Kielder Stone. Original postcard published by Jarrold and Sons Ltd. Stan Owen collection.