'Let too adventurous youth be warned by the story of the Swallow Hale an underground passage supposed to connect Park House and Castle Hill at Castle Bytham. The Bythamites though keenly inquisitive had not the courage of their inquisitiveness, but a Scotsman, not restrained by fear, became their catspaw. It was arranged that he should play his bagpipes as he proceeded in the tunnel so that those in the upper world could trace his whereabouts in the lower regions. On a sudden the harmony ceased. Neither Scotsman nor bagpipes were ever seen again, yet in honour of both the passage was henceforth called Pipers Hole.' {1}{3}{2}