Overview

• The skull remains on display at The Stonehenge Inn in Durrington after the Museum of Witchcraft and Magic refused custody and John Goodwin traded it for free ale.
• Canadian tourist John Goodwin discovered the horned skull under moss at St Necten’s Glen near Tintagel Castle, a site steeped in Arthurian lore.
• Professor David Norman and other specialists contend the remains align with a pony skull fitted with a glued-on horn rather than evidence of a mythical creature.
• Investigators uncovered a faded signature on the bone that points to deliberate fabrication by an unknown hoaxer.
• Historic England and university laboratories have launched further forensic tests to confirm the skull’s true origins.