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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Paul Johnson & Chiara Fiorillo

Secrets of the eerie site known as 'Hell's Gate' where decapitated heads were once found

An abandoned place that was once known as "Hell's Gate" for its gruesome past has a fascinating history that attracted and scared locals at the same time.

The site, on the high road between Beverley and South Cave in the East Riding of Yorkshire, is believed to have been an execution cemetery in the past - where decapitated heads were impaled on poles.

As the heads rotted, the jawbones fell off and scattered on the ground beneath, leaving passersby horrified.

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