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Winnats Pass

Winnats Pass is a steep narrow limestone gorge which leads into the village of Castleton in Derbyshire.At its foot, 600 feet below ground, is Speedwell Cavern, one of four deep caverns in the area.There is also an underground canal, which was formed when a lead miners’ tunnel flooded.lt is2,625 feet long and ends in a cavern known as the Bottomless Pit, because 40,000 tons of rubble were dumped into it without changing the water level. The pass itself is said to be haunted by two young lovers, Alan (or alternatively Henry) and Clara. Their parents did not approve of their relationship, but at the time, the mid-eighteenth century, anyone could get married in the Peak Forest, day or night. The young couple decided to elope, but as they were going through Winnats Pass on their way to the forest, they were robbed and murdered by three lead miners. Their bodies were found years later, lying together in a shallow grave.

The miners were never caught, but the story runs that in one way or another they were all punished for their crime: one hanged himself, one was killed in a rockfail and one went mad. To this day it is said that the voices of the young lovers can be heard crying for mercy as the wind whis ties through Winnats Pass.