Added: 10/10/2005 |
Haunted castle - myth or reality?Certainly, we cannot say whether haunting exists or not. However, the truth is that people speak a lot about it. Probably, some of the tales take their roots from real old days' obscure events, legends and tragic stories. Thus, many stories about haunted castles originated, as an ancient castle was a home to an entire community with its intrigues and mysteries.
If you are looking for an adventure of being in the center of haunting and experiencing what it looks like, Scotland haunted castles are perfectly suitable for this occasion.
Comlongon is a haunted castle in Scotland, situated in Clarencefield, Galloway, next to the Scottish/English border. Lady Marion Carruthers, who took her own life by leaping from the lookout tower of Comlongon Castle, where she was being held captive, is still haunting the castle. Marion did not get a proper Christian burial, as she committed suicide. That is the reason why the locals say that she is still looking for a proper resting site.
One more story tells that a long time ago the Earl of Moray wanted to prove to everyone that the castle was not haunted. The local, known as Big Angus, the bravest among the others, spent a night in the Three-Turret Haunted Bedroom of the castle. In the morning, his dead body was found in the yard with his face expressing great horror. You my find out what happened to him if you book a room in the Comlongon haunted castle for your next vacation.
This haunted castle also offers comfortable family accommodation in a quiet site of more than hundred and twenty acres of isolated area, with bright blue ponds, joyful green lawns and woodlands. You can also consider the Comlongon Castle as an ideal location for a wedding. Weddings take place in Comlongon daily and are organized by skilful experts, foreseeing each detail of the memorable wedding day.
Ireland also invites visitors to its famous haunted castles. One of them is the Ballygally Castle, Northern Ireland, Antrim. The castle was built in 1625, and it is a hotel and "the only 17th century building in Northern Ireland still being used as a residence today". The locals promise to feel a cheerful and friendly ghost of the former Lady of the castle, Isobel Show by name. She is said to be a playful ghost, who enjoys knocking at the doors of the guests and is a great lover of the guests' reaction, when they find out that nobody is there. Along with an affable Lady Isobel Show, the hotel offers the luxurious style of the last century building with its original beam ceilings and antique pine furniture.
Some castles tell really tragic and heart-touching stories and one of the stories is about a haunted castle in Wales, the Conwy Castle. The story narrates that one of Robert Wynn's successors fought in a distant war. When he was expected to return, his wife and child climbed the steep stair to the highest tower. It became dark and they had to leave the tower. She slipped on the stairs and together with the child fell to the bottom of the tower. Doctor Dic examined them but the situation was hopeless. The servant, in the fear of his master, locked the doctor in the room with the dying family. When the lord returned and unlocked the door, he found only the dead bodies of his wife and child, the doctor disappeared. The husband finally went mad and soon died. His ghost is still wandering around the castle and looking for the missing doctor.
The list of haunted castles can be continued eternally, however, the matter is that each of them is peculiar and unique in its history and legends. Undoubtedly, each castle listed or not, is worth visiting.
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