According to the legend, an old lady known as 'Gran' was said to live in a nearby quarry. Despite her unconventional accommodation and reclusive habits, she was believed to have been in possession of a hoard of gold sovereigns that she had hidden somewhere in the quarry.

Brooks doesn't record what became of Gran, but says that her ghost is thought to still haunt a road junction near the site of the old quarry in the form of a 'white lady'.