Castle Fraser is now a grand castle and stately home owned by the National Trust, developed and improved on from its beginnings as a fortified towerhouse by generations of the Fraser family. The castle was known as Muchall in Mar until 1695.
Haunted Hotels / Haunted Pubs / Hauntings
by Ian · Published September 17, 2008 · Last modified January 11, 2019
Said to be haunted by a white lady, the spirit of a former owner’s daughter who committed suicide.
Apparitions / Featured Sites / Hauntings
by Ian · Published September 17, 2008 · Last modified November 8, 2018
Ben Macdhui is the second highest peak in Scotland, a huge mountain with deep corries, situated in the Cairngorms: one of Scotland’s finest mountain ranges, and a magnet for walkers, climbers and other outdoor enthusiasts. Ben Machdhui is also reputed to be haunted by ‘something’ that is popularly known as the Grey Man or Fear Liath Mhor in Gaelic.
A strange tall figure in black was seen in the glen in 1914, it was identified as the Devil or a similar phantom. Glen Derry is very close to Ben Macdui and a more extensive article covers a similar figure that haunts there.
Apparitions / Green Ladies / Haunted Pubs / Hauntings
by Ian · Published August 15, 2008 · Last modified January 11, 2019
This 18th century mansion hotel set in 44 acres of meadows is said to be haunted by a Green Lady. She is the ghost of a former owner’s daughter that died when thrown from her horse.
Apparitions / Haunted Hotels / Haunted Pubs / Hauntings
by Ian · Published August 15, 2008 · Last modified January 11, 2019
Maryculter House Hotel is situated on the site of a Knights Templar Manor and the ghost that reputedly haunts here may be related to these crusading knights. The land at Maryculter was given to the Templars in 1187 by the King of Scotland, which at that time would have been William the Lion (1165-1214). A further gift of land in the area was then made by Walter Bisset of Aboyne.
Apparitions / Haunted Pubs / Hauntings
by Ian · Published August 14, 2008 · Last modified November 19, 2018
Meldrum House Hotel is a grand mansion built around a medieval Tower House. The Barony of Meldrum dates from 1236 and was granted to Sir Philip de Phendarg by King Alexander II of Scotland. The house has been modified by and passed down through several prominent Scottish families including the Meldrum’s, Seton’s and Urquhart’s.
Ancient Sites / Apparitions / Early Christianity / Hauntings
by Ian · Published August 13, 2008 · Last modified November 19, 2018
Still referred to as a Cathedral, St Machar’s has not held a Bishop’s seat since the Reformation and is in reality a high kirk. Legend has it that St Machar was informed by God to find a place where a river bends like a bishops crozier and then to establish a church there. Hence in 580 St Machar founded his church in Aberdeen where the River Don flows upon such a route.
Deer Abbey dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary was a Cistercian House founded in 1219 by the Earl of Buchan, William Comyn which replaced an earlier Celtic monastery in the vicinity was dedicated to
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