Folklore

Maiden Bower
Hillfort

Concerning the Maiden Bower at Dunstable a local versifier embodies the local idea :—

Still Tatternhoe dames rehearse their tale,
On eve of winter’s day
About a chest hid in their knoll
When Romans went away.

‘Tis at the bottom of that well
On Castle Hill, they say;
Of good old gold it was brimful,
And lies there to this day.

From ‘Notes and Queries’ for December 24 1910.