Originally called Barrogill Castle, the Castle of Mey was built in the 16th century on the site of an earlier fortification by George Sinclair, the 4th Earl of Caithness. It stands in the distant north of Scotland a few miles away from John O'Groats and was formerly the Highland home of ...
It is said that a ghostly bagpiper music can be heard from time to time in the twelfth-century Edinburgh Castle in Scotland. The spirit of the caretaker at Ireland's Malahide Castle is said to appear whenever he does not like something that is happening ...
In Scotland over a dozen castles claim the ghost of Mary Queen of Scots. In England several castles claim royal ghosts including the Tower of London, Windsor Castle and Berkeley Castle. Many of the best stories have an historical events underpinning them: often an execution or a murder, with...
From the gentle farmlands of the Central Lowlands to wild Empty lands of Europe's last great wilderness in the country's Northwest, Scotland's abandoned castles stand as sullen witnesses to centuries of conflict and bloodshed, and the ghosts that wander their timeworn corridors and historic rooms...
Tulloch Castle, nr Inverness, ScotlandTulloch Castle is actually thought to have many ghosts, the most famous of which is The Green Lady. She has been sighted so frequently that the bar in the castle is actually named after her! The identity of The Green Lady is believed to be a woman ...
6. Edinburgh Castle, Scotland The sinisterEdinburgh Castlelooms ominously over theScottish capitalfrom its cliffside perch. One of the most haunted buildings in one of the world’s most haunted cities, Edinburgh Castle counts an eclectic cast of supernatural characters for residents. On any given ...
Where in the world:Inverness, Scotland A brief history:Built in 1561 by James Stuart (half-brother to Mary, Queen of Scots), Castle Stuart is said to be one of the most haunted castles in Scotland. Paranormal activity:So thelegendgoes, James Stuart believed his new home to be so haunted...
The memories of these unsettled times still linger in the gaunt ruins of the sturdy towers and castles that litter the region, and in the ghosts that may be encountered among them. For this wild and wind-rattled region, with its abundance of haunted, mystical and mysterious locations, makes ...
, a South Andrews Street jeweler, who had his own private museum. The collection was auctioned off in 1845, after his retirement/death, for £4. Ultimately, the 8 remaining dolls ended up with Christina Couper of Dumfriesshire, who donated them to the National Museum of Scotland in 1901....
"Haunted Castles" in Seventeenth-Century Munster Andrew Tierney (bio) The ragged silhouette of the haunted castle has formed the iconic backdrop to the Goth... A Tierney - Éire-Ireland 被引量: 1发表: 2010年 Stalin's Ghosts Andrei Platonov and Evgenii Zamiatin, to niche figures such as...