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when the decomposed body of a woman was found in a nearby wood. The graffiti was not removed during the restoration of the obelisk in 2010
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grove, and not because the name sounds like "witch". The name is actually unrelated, being derived from that of the
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on private land and permanently fenced off to the public.
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temple, in fact a miniature replica of the end of the
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referring to the unsolved post World War II mystery:
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Elevation
Stourbridge
West Midlands
England
OS grid
SO920817
Topo map
OS
hill
A456
Hagley
Stourbridge
West Midlands
Worcestershire
parish
Hagley
Pedmore
Clent Hills
Malvern Hills
Clee Hills
Wychbury Ring
Iron Age
hill fort
Wychbury Obelisk
pagans
yew
Saxon
Hwicce
folly

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