Claife Heights is an upland area in the Lake District, near to Windermere. The National Trust maintain a Viewing Station here. It was built in 1790 to a design by John Carr, and from this vantage point you can admire the breathtaking views of the Lake District.

There is a quarry hidden amongst the steep wooded hillside, and it is in this area that a formidable ghost was laid to rest by exorcism in the eighteenth century.

The "chilling screams" of the phantom put fear into the locals, whom attributed it to the spirit of a medieval monk from an outpost of Furness Abbey. He broke his vows when he fell in love with a woman. However, this feeling was not reciprocated, and the distraught monk went mad and died in dispair at Claife Heights.

However, according to Evans, their are reports of those who continue to hear a disembodied voice and a hooded figure has been spotted by walkers.

Pictured left is the wooded hillside at Claife courtesy of Michael Graham.