Finding out the location	hard
Access	easy
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Risk of being seen	low
General condition of the place	bad
Traces of vandalism	none or very few
Good place for taking pictures?	very good
Did you see other people?	none or very few

Visit date    September 20 2020 at 4 hr
Visit duration    < 1 hour

Sir Hugo de Giffard was known as the 'Wizard of Yester', and was considered to be a powerful warlock and necromancer. It is in the undercroft of the castle that he was thought to practise his sorcery.

Legend supposed that Hugo was able, via a pact with the Devil, to raise a magical army to his aid, and use them to carry out his will. It is this army of hobgoblins that was considered the builders of Yester Castle.

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