Once upon a time, there lived at Lyminster, near Arundel, a dragon whose home was in a bottomless pool near the church. Knucker Hole, as the pool is called, is a curious place in that it never freezes in winter and never evaporates in summer.

 

In ancient times, the dragon would emerge from the pool and seize upon livestock and unwary herders, then carry off his victims for a leisurely dinner on the Arun marshes .

 

Eventually, so the story goes, the reign of terror was brought to an end when a knight in shining armour slew the fiery beast and accordingly claimed the hand of the princess as his reward.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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