Yorkshire is home to several legends of phantom black dogs. One of the eeriest concerns an old packhorse bridge in the hamlet of Ivelet, Swaledale. The bridge is said to be haunted by a headless black dog, who leaps over the bridge's side into the water and can be heard barking at night. Glimpsing the dog is an omen of death - it's claimed anyone who does so will die within a year. The last sighting was about 100 years ago. The bridge also boasts a stone coffin rest - pallbearers would cross it carrying corpses to the churchyard in the nearby village of Grinton. #gothic #folklore #history #Yorkshire #paranormal #ghosts #mythology #Mythologymonday #dogs #architecture #weird