Aerial view of Montrose Air Station Broomfield 1917

There are a number of reportedly haunted locations in

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* A fifteen-mile stretch of the A75, between Annan and

Dumfries Dumfries ( ; ; from ) is a market town and former royal burgh in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, near the mouth of the River Nith on the Solway Firth, from the Anglo-Scottish border. Dumfries is the county town of the Counties of Scotland, ...

, is reported to be haunted. * Abergeldie Castle * Ackergill Tower *

Airth Castle Airth Castle is a castle overlooking the village of Airth and the River Forth, in the Falkirk area of Scotland. Until 2023, the castle operated as a hotel and spa. History According to an account attributed to Blind Harry, in 1298 William Wall ...

* Ardrossan Castle is said to be haunted by the ghost of William Wallace. * Auchentiber *

Balgonie Castle Balgonie Castle is located on the south bank of the River Leven, Fife, River Leven near Milton of Balgonie, east of Glenrothes, Fife, Scotland. The castle keep dates from the 14th century, and the remaining structures were added piecemeal unt ...

* Ballechin House * Bedlay Castle * Brims Castle *

Cortachy Castle Cortachy Castle is a castellated mansion House at Cortachy, Angus, Scotland, some north of Kirriemuir. The present building dates from the 15th century, preceded by an earlier structure that was owned by the Earls of Strathearn. It was acquire ...

Craigcrook Castle Craigcrook Castle is a castle giving its name to the Craigcrook district of Edinburgh, about west of the centre of Edinburgh, Scotland. The castle is primarily of the 17th century, though with later additions. In the 19th century, it was the ...

* Culzean Castle * Dornoch Castle * Dunstaffnage Castle *

Duntrune Castle Duntrune Castle is located on the north side of Loch Crinan and across from the village of Crinan in Argyll and Bute, west of Scotland. It is thought to be the oldest continuously occupied castle on mainland Scotland. It was the seat of the Camp ...

Edinample Castle Edinample Castle is a late 16th-century Tower houses in Britain and Ireland, tower house on the southern shores of Loch Earn near Balquhidder in the Stirling (council area), Stirling council area of Scotland. It was designated as a Category A lis ...

Edinburgh Castle Edinburgh Castle is a historic castle in Edinburgh, Scotland. It stands on Castle Rock (Edinburgh), Castle Rock, which has been occupied by humans since at least the Iron Age. There has been a royal castle on the rock since the reign of Malcol ...

* Edinburgh Festival Theatre is said by believers to be haunted by a tall, dark stranger rumoured to be the famous illusionist

Sigmund Neuberger Sigmund Neuberger (or Sigmund Newburger) (25 February 1871 – 9 May 1911), who performed as an illusionist under the stage name the Great Lafayette, was the highest-paid magician of his time. Early life and career Neuberger was born in Munich, ...

, a.k.a. The Great Lafayette. *

Edinburgh Playhouse Edinburgh Playhouse is a theatre in Edinburgh Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 Council areas of Scotland, council areas. The city is located in southeast Scotland and is bounded to the north by the Firth of For ...

* The Edinburgh Vaults The television series '' Most Haunted'' and ''

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'' both aired an episode about the vaults. * Ethie Castle *

Fyvie Castle Fyvie Castle is a castle in the village of Fyvie, near Turriff in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. History The earliest parts of Fyvie Castle date from the 13th century – some sources claim it was built in 1211 by William the Lion. Fyvie was the si ...

is said to be haunted. * Garleton Castle *

Glamis Castle Glamis Castle is situated beside the village of Glamis (, ) in Angus, Scotland. It is the home of the Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, and is open to the public. Glamis Castle has been the home of the Clan Lyon, Lyon family since the 14th cent ...

* Castle Grant *

Hermitage Castle Hermitage Castle is a semi-ruined castle in the border region of Scotland. It stands in the remote valley of the Hermitage Water, part of Liddesdale in Roxburghshire. It is under the care of Historic Scotland. The castle has a reputation, both ...

* Hill House * HM Prison Castle Huntly *

Holyrood Palace The Palace of Holyroodhouse ( or ), commonly known as Holyrood Palace, is the official residence of the British monarch in Scotland. Located at the bottom of the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, at the opposite end to Edinburgh Castle, Holyrood has s ...

is said to be haunted by Bald Agnes, the ghost of

Agnes Sampson Agnes Sampson (died 28 January 1591) was a Scottish healer and purported witch. Also known as the "Wise Wife of Keith", Sampson was involved in the North Berwick witch trials in the later part of the sixteenth century. Background Sampson live ...

. *

Huntingtower Castle Huntingtower Castle, once known as Ruthven Castle or the Place of Ruthven, is located near the village of Huntingtower beside the A85 and near the A9, about 5 km NW of the centre of Perth, Perth and Kinross, in central Scotland, on the main ...

* Kinnaird Winetower *

Kinneil House Kinneil House is a historic house to the west of Bo'ness in east-central Scotland. It was once the principal seat of the Duke of Hamilton, Hamilton family in the east of Scotland. The house was saved from demolition in 1936 when 16th-century mu ...

* Knock Castle, Isle of Skye *

Lauriston Castle Lauriston Castle is a 16th-century tower house with 19th-century extensions overlooking the Firth of Forth, in Edinburgh, Scotland. It lies on Cramond Road South, between Cramond, Davidson's Mains, and Silverknowes. The substantial grounds, La ...

* Lennox Tower *

Linlithgow Palace The ruins of Linlithgow Palace are located in the town of Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland, west of Edinburgh. The palace was one of the principal residences of the monarchs of Kingdom of Scotland, Scotland in the 15th and 16th ce ...

Lochleven Castle Lochleven Castle is a ruined castle on an island in Loch Leven, in the Perth and Kinross local authority area of Scotland. Possibly built around 1300, the castle was the site of military action during the Wars of Scottish Independence (1296–1 ...

* Macduff's Castle *

Mary King's Close Mary King's Close is a historic close located under the Edinburgh City Chambers building on the Royal Mile, in the historic Old Town area of Edinburgh, Scotland. It took its name from one Mary King, a merchant burgess who resided on the Close ...

an underground close in the Old Town area of Edinburgh. * Meggernie Castle *

Neidpath Castle Neidpath Castle is an L Plan Castle, L-plan rubble-built tower house, overlooking the River Tweed about west of Peebles in the Scottish Borders, Borders of Scotland. The castle is both a wedding venue and filming location and can be viewed by a ...

Pinkie House Pinkie House is a historic house, built around a three-storey tower house located in Musselburgh, East Lothian, Scotland. The house dates from the 16th century, was substantially enlarged in the early 17th century, and has been altered several ti ...

. * Queensberry House *

RAF Montrose Royal Air Force Montrose or more simply RAF Montrose is a former Royal Air Force station in Forfarshire (now more commonly called Angus) in Scotland. It became the first operational military aerodrome to be established in the United Kingdom on 2 ...

, now

Montrose Air Station Heritage Centre The Montrose Air Station Museum is located to the north of Montrose, Angus, Montrose, Angus, Scotland. Montrose has the distinction of having the first operational military airfield in Great Britain and the Heritage Centre is located on the f ...

, is said to be haunted by the ghost of Desmond Arthur. *

Royal Lyceum Theatre The Royal Lyceum Theatre is a 658-seat theatre in the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, named after the Theatre Royal Lyceum and English Opera House, the residence at the time of legendary Shakespearean actor Henry Irving. It was built in 1883 by a ...

* Saltoun Hall *

Stirling Castle Stirling Castle, located in Stirling, is one of the largest and most historically and architecturally important castles in Scotland. The castle sits atop an Intrusive rock, intrusive Crag and tail, crag, which forms part of the Stirling Sill ge ...

. *

The Scotsman Hotel The Scotsman Hotel Edinburgh opened in 2001 in the Edwardian era, Edwardian (1905) building which had housed ''The Scotsman'' newspaper for nearly a century. The hotel is located on North Bridge, Edinburgh, North Bridge between the Royal Mile an ...

* The Tolbooth is claimed by believers to be one of the most haunted buildings in Aberdeen and has been subject to many investigations by paranormal investigation teams. * The Witchery by the Castle, a restaurant near Edinburgh Castle, is said by believers to be haunted.

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* ''Fifty Great Ghost Stories'', edt. John Canning, Souvenir Press Ltd * ''Scottish Hauntings'', Grant Campbell, Piccolo Ltd. {{DEFAULTSORT:Haunted Locations, United Kingdom

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