| Gill House Aspatria |
During World War II Gill House was used as a dormitory for the Woman's Land Army, during this time a great deal of strange phenomena occurred, which led to an investigation by the Canon of Carlisle the Late W. J. Phythian Adams.
During the haunting an apparition was seen several times, which passed through a closed door, and at night noises could be heard along with peculiar smells, which permeated the building.
Eventually one of the girls staying there awoke and felt that she was being strangled by something unseen. One of the rooms was closed down due to the intensity of the phenomena. It seems that the disturbances died down after the building ceased to be used by the W.L.A. It has been surmised that the house harbours the spirit of a woman hater.
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| Souther Fell |
A phantom army was witnessed on Souther Fell by a farm hand on Mid-Summers-Eve in the year 1735. The army took the form of mounted troops with infantry marching in a column. One year later on the same date the army was seen again by William Lancaster who was a local farmer.
In 1745, the year of the Jacobite uprising the army was witnessed again by over 26 people on the 23rd June. This time the army was sighted with carriages, and covered an area of about half a mile. It would not have been possible to bring carriages on Souther Fell and the story is a complete mystery.
An account of the haunting appeared in The Gentleman's Magazine in 1747.
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| Map ref: NY 355 292 |
| Directions: A footpath leads round the mountain from Mungrisdale. |
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