Mysterious Britain & Ireland

Country and County: Scotland

Apparitions / Hauntings

Dryfesdale Churchyard and Bridge

Confronted by a ghost: The other night (a correspondent of the Daily News writes) A young man had an extraordinary experience near Lockerbie. The Dryfe Bridge beside which is the old cemetery—has long been notorious as a haunt of ghosts. Having to cross the bridge going from the town the young man happened to glance to the right and saw a tall and white ghostly figure.

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Hauntings

Top 10 Haunted Castles UK and Ireland

There are hundreds of stunning castles all over the UK and Ireland – many of which are haunted by numerous ghosts and spirits. Take a ride with us as we explore ten of the UK and Ireland’s most haunted castles.

Wardour Castle, Wiltshire

Fairies / Folklore / Scottish Fairies

Loch Na Fideil

Loch Na Fideil was reputedly the home of a legendary female creature or spirit known as the Fideal after which the body of water is named (Loch of the Fideal). Depending upon which source you read, she attacks either men or women and children, dragging them down under the water in order to devour them.

Ancient Sites / Legends

Fortingall Yew Tree

The ancient remains of the yew tree which survives within its own walled enclosure in Fortingall Churchyard is claimed to be the oldest living tree in Europe.

Haunted Wedding Venue / Hauntings

Springkell House

Dating from 1734, Springkell House was built by the Maxwell family, Barons of Kirkconnel and Springkell since 1609. The mansion passed into the hands of the Johnson-Ferguson family in 1894 when Springkell was sold to Sir Jabez Edward Johnson-Ferguson (Born 27 November 1849 – Died 10 December 1929), Director of the Bolckow Vaughan mining company and Member of Parliament for Loughborough.

ESP / Other Mysteries / Premonition / PSI

Prophetic Dream, Edinburgh Castle, 1734

According to ‘The Haunted Homes and Family Traditions of Great Britain by John Ingram (1897); A singular prophetic, or warning dream, is related and vouched for as "entirely authentic," by Dr. Abercrombie, in his work on Inquiries Concerning the Intellectual Powers. The Doctor, however, only gives the skeleton of the story and omits the names of the persons concerned.

Occult

Lady Eleanor Primrose And The Conjurer Of Canongate

According to John Ingram, Sir Walter Scott’s (Born 15 August 1771 – Died 21 September 1832) story ‘My Aunt Margaret’s Mirror’ was based upon events surrounding Eleanor Countess of Stair. In his book ‘The Haunted Homes and Family Traditions of Great Britain’ (1897), Ingram gives the following full account which he compiled using the work of Robert Chambers and other Scottish writers.

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Apparitions / Book Review / Ghost Ships / Ghost Stories / Haunted Hotels / Haunted Pubs / Hauntings / Poltergiests / Review

Haunted Dundee by Geoff Holder

I have to confess that Dundee is not the first, or indeed the second or third place that I would think of when it comes to haunted towns and places, and as the author Geoff Holder points out in the introduction, it seems as far as ghost hunters are concerned Dundee isn’t on the map either.

Apparitions / Haunted Wedding Venue / Hauntings

Auchen Castle Hotel

Built by General Johnstone of Corehead, Auchen Castle Hotel is a Victorian mansion dating from 1849. General Johnstone, served under Sir Ralph Abercromby (Abercrombie) (Born 7 October 1734 – Died 28 March 1801) in Egypt against the French in 1801 and it is thought that the plantations on the estate were laid out to show the positions of units in the Battle of the Nile.

Apparitions / Hauntings

Unknown Mansion and Queensberry House, Canongate

In ‘The Haunted Homes and Family Traditions of Great Britain’ (1897), John Ingram gives the following account of a haunting associated with Canongate in Edinburgh. Named after the Augustine canons of Holyrood Abbey, Canongate can be found at the lower eastern part of the Royal Mile in Edinburgh and the mansion referred to is according Ingram no longer standing.