Right behind the grandstands of a local high school football field and perched on the edge of a small cliff, is a location that once instilled fear into the hearts of early colonial settlers. The Devil’s Den is the name of a small cave located within the town of Ashland. It is a talus cave that was created when irregularly shaped rocks were piled atop one another. When Puritan settlers first arrived in New England, the fear of the devil lurking within the dark corners of nature of this new…
