English Heritage Some reports have suggested the symbols were drawn by witches — perhaps unsurprising given the announcement’s proximity to Halloween — but Mr. Berry believes that to be a ...

English Heritage/Facebook An "astonishing" number of "witches marks" have been found at an over-500-year-old property in England ahead of Halloween. Around 20 of the symbols and patterns ...

Another common witch mark is the daisy wheel, or hexafoil. The geometric symbol of a six petalled flower would have been drawn using a compass. The theory was that if a demon saw the lines and ...

Over the course of two years, long-time English Heritage volunteer Rick Berry mapped around 20 carvings at the Tudor property, once visited by Henry VIII and his then Queen, Catherine Howard. A wide ...

(Act 4 Scene 1) Analysis The Witches meet around one of the most well-known symbols of witchcraft - a cauldron. Into this they throw all manner of foul and evil objects ('poisoned entrails') and ...

Diagonal lines, boxes and mazes are thought to be symbols for capturing or trapping evil. John Charlesworth, tour leader at the time of the discovery, said: "These witches' marks were in plain ...