The knees-up detail is a well-known type of Roman ghost story in Britain, best known from a sighting in York, and it is usually offered as an explanation for the apparition by the raised ground. Here it comes from a Lanarkshire ghost roundup and from Wikipedia's Crawford entry, neither of which gives a source for the sighting. The detail is worth keeping because it shows the story being fitted to the landscape.
Hauntings
The Roman Soldiers Seen Only From the Knees Up at Crawford
Main Street, Crawford
Undated
- Evidence
- Long-standing local tradition
- Access
- Open ground
- Location
- 55.469, -3.654 (Sited to the village)
Sources: Wikipedia, "Crawford, South Lanarkshire" [other]; Haunted Scotland (Lanarkshire), paranormalhauntings.blog [other]
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