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Slough Hill Lane, West Wratting

History of Slough Hill Lane

Slough Hill Lane, West Wratting, OS 1885

This lane was once the haunt of the ‘Shug Monkey’, a giant spectral dog with links to Viking myth. It was described as having the body of a large shaggy dog, the face of a monkey with huge eyes.

See Tales of Old Cambridgeshire by Polly Howat, 1990.

https://www.hiddenea.com/shuckland/westwratting.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shug_Monkey

https://countrysidebooks.co.uk/blogs/news/the-haunt-of-the-black-dog

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