Mysterious Britain & Ireland

Category: Apparitions

Apparitions / Fairies / Featured Sites / Folklore / Folktales / Hauntings / Scottish Fairies / Scottish Folktales

Hermitage Castle

Hermitage Castle has a long and colourful history, the castle was a bastion of power in the ‘debatable land’: land that was exchanged between English and Scottish hands during the border wars and skirmishes. The castle is steeped in folklore and legend, and there have been reports of varied strange phenomena in recent years.

Apparitions / Hauntings

Loudon Castle

Now home to the Loudoun Castle Family Theme Park, there was a castle here from at least the 15th century, which was then converted into a mansion retaining the tower house.

Apparitions / Green Ladies / Haunted Pubs / Hauntings

Tulloch Castle Hotel

This 12th century castle hotel is said to be haunted by an aparition of a Green Lady. Tulloch Castle also has an actual tunnel that runs from it’s basement to Dingwall Castle on the other side of town. Parts of the tunnel have collapsed and it is no longer in use.

Apparitions / Hauntings

Kellie Castle

The castle was originally in the hands of the Oliphant family who built it in the 14th century.  The castle is said to be the haunt of two spirits.

Apparitions / Green Ladies / Hauntings

Balgonie Castle

The castle was built by the Sibbald family in the 14th century, and was later in the possession of Sir Robert Lundie during the 15th century.

Apparitions / Green Ladies / Hauntings

Wemyss Castle

The castle, built by the Wemyss family, is said to be haunted by the ghost of a Green Lady, whose identity is unknown.

Apparitions / Hauntings

Fordell

The ruined remains of the village mill, are said to be haunted by the spectre of a hanged man who appears with bulging eyes.

Ancient Sites / Apparitions / Early Christianity / Hauntings

St Andrews Cathedral

Kilrimont changed its name to St Andrews when relics of the saint were brought here by Bishop Acca of Hexam in 732AD, although there is a folklore tradition that suggests the relics found there way to

Apparitions / Hauntings

Brodick Castle

A seat of the Dukes of Hamilton in the 19th century, there has been a fortification on the site of the present castle for over a thousand years. It was an important Viking stronghold, and swapped English and Scottish hands during the Wars of Independence. Oliver Cromwell also left his mark here.

Anniversary Ghosts / Apparitions / Folklore / Folktales / Hauntings / Irish Folktales

Loch Ashie

A spectral army is said to appear on the shores of the loch at dawn on May the first, which is Beltane in the Celtic calander. One sighting is alleged to have taken place during the First World War, when a walker was on the moors close to the loch. He witnessed a battling army of horsemen and foot soldiers savaging each other in silence.