Gaunt shack

Gaunt Shack
Location information
Location	Outside Little Hangleton
Permanent residents	The Gaunt family (formerly)

The Gaunt Shack was the home of the Gaunt family. It was a little shack located in the woods just outside the village of Little Hangleton.

Inhabitants

It was the home of Marvolo Gaunt and his two children, Morfin and Merope. They were the last remaining descendants of Salazar Slytherin and lived there in poverty, speaking Parseltongue to each other and living in deplorable conditions. They were once visited by the Ministry of Magic official Bob Ogden, who came to question Morfin about his habit of using magic in front of villagers.

Horcrux Hiding Place

After the death of the Gaunt family the house was left deserted. Lord Voldemort decided to use this place to hide one of his Horcruxes, which was Gaunt's Ring taken from Morfin himself. The ring was left in the ruins of the house with a curse of sorts left upon it. In the summer of 1996, Albus Dumbledore visited the shack and retrieved the ring, reasoning that Voldemort would store his Horcruxes in locations relevant to him.

In 1998, Voldemort returned to the Shack to check on the Horcrux, after learning that one (Helga Hufflepuff's Cup) had been stolen from the Gringotts vault of Bellatrix Lestrange. Fearing for its loss, he discovered that the Ring had been taken from the Shack shortly before the Battle of Hogwarts.

Appearances

• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (First appearance) (Appears in flashback(s))
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Mentioned only)