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The Devil's Den

Ashland, MA

A small talus cave beside Ashland High School was once feared by colonial settlers as a possible hiding place of the Devil. Archaeological evidence points instead to earlier Indigenous use, giving the cave both genuine history and a layer of Puritan-era supernatural folklore.

Filed under folklore: stories a place tells about itself, passed down and still repeated.

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Source: Atlas Obscura

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