CNN —A “staggering array” of witches’ marks have been discovered on the walls of a Tudor property in England. News of the discovery, aptly timed to coincide with Halloween, was released by English Heritage, a charity that looks after hundreds of historic monuments, buildings and sites. These include a “staggering array” of designs, according to English Heritage, though there’s a notable concentration in the servants’ wing of the hall. Over the course of two years, long-time English Heritage volunteer Rick Berry discovered and mapped around 20 carvings at the Tudor property. In 2019, hundreds of witches’ marks were found scratched into the walls of an English cave system in the East Midlands, central England.

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Persons: Henry VIII, Catherine Howard, Rick Berry, there’s, Marian, they’re, Virgin Mary, Heritage Berry, “, William Hickman, Kevin Booth, apotropaic Organizations: CNN, English Heritage, Heritage, Gainsborough, Gainsborough Old Locations: England, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, Gainsborough Old Hall, East Midlands