Well I'm going to a lecture on this on 21/4 by a local archaeologist (I live in Manchester)... quite near the place.... I will report back what the expert has to say... my gut instinct is that it was deliberate & had some occult overtones... there are quite a few legends in the NW & Derbyshire of similar - although the druid thing puzzles me because they weren't prevalent in the NW but also other pagans probably knew about the uses of mistletoe so it wouldn't have to involve druids... any pagans here care to comment?...
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