The haunting legend of Kitty Jay’s grave originates from the late 18th century. Kitty Jay, a beautiful young woman, was an orphan who was brought up in a local poor-house in Newton Abbot. She was sent away to work as a servant for a farmer in the outskirts of Manaton, a small village in Dartmoor. It wasn’t long until she fell in love with the farmer’s son and became pregnant. Shamed by the stigma of being an unwed mother, Kitty was thrown out of her job and her lover abandoned her. In despair, Kitty took her own life. The church denied her a Christian burial, as suicide was a grave sin. Instead, she was buried at a crossroad, which was a common practice for suicide victims. Her grave, known today as Jay’s Grave, is located in Dartmoor, near Minchinhampton, on the B3387 between Widecombe-in-the-Moor and Hound Tor. This exact location is said to be haunted. Reports claim that fresh flowers appear on the grave each day, but no one has ever been seen leaving them. Passer-bys have also reported sightings of a ghostly figure, thought to be the spirit of Kitty Jay herself. Some skeptics believe that the flowers are the works of anonymous locals playing out the legend, but the quantities and consistency certainly add an eerie element to this tale. The legend of Kitty Jay and her grave is one of Dartmoor’s most famous ghost stories, a tragic tale that continues to captivate the locals and visitors alike.