Near the village are two large ponds called Kladiny, Upper and Lower, separated by a massive embankment. Every night between eleven and midnight, lamentation and rattling chains are heard there. The Devil ploughs with the Rychnov steward harnessed to the plough, driving him with a chain. The steward once had a poor pedlar and his entire family buried in the embankment, superstitiously believing this would stop it bursting. Because of this crime the place remains haunted.
Location and map
- Place
- Zachotín
- Municipality / starting point
- Zachotín
- District / region
- Pelhřimov
- Country
- Czechia
- Distance and direction
- 10 km E of Pelhřimova
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Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 377
This legend preserves a folk tale. Its motifs do not constitute evidence of supernatural events.