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English
Witches' stones (ledges) over a thatched roof.A modern house (which was never thatched) incorporating witches' stones.
A small ledge jutting out of the chimney of a house, chiefly in Jersey or Guernsey, originally to stop rain seeping under the joins in a thatched roof, and later reinterpreted in folklore as a place for witches to rest.
