These ten places can be ideal if you’re looking for a frightening adventure. Here are 10 of Scotland’s most haunted locations to visit without further ado.
1. Edinburgh Castle – Edinburgh
The most haunted place in Scotland, according to a “haunted score” of 60, is Edinburgh Castle, where tourists have reportedly encountered ghosts and other supernatural beings in addition to the castle’s battlements, cannons, and chapels.
2. Stirling Castle – Stirling
Stirling Castle, one of Scotland’s largest castles, is said to be the residence of the regularly observed Highland Ghost. There are even claims that an architect conducting a survey of the property in 1935 managed to capture this ghost on camera.
3. Glamis Castle – Angus
Glamis Castle, one of the allegedly most haunted locations in Scotland, has 154 mentions of the paranormal in Tripadvisor reviews. Beware of the Tongueless Woman, the Grey Lady, and Lord Beardie, who can be heard yelling, swearing, and rattling dice behind closed doors.
4. Edinburgh Vaults – Edinburgh
They are a group of chambers also referred to as the South Bridge Vaults, and they are thought to be inhabited by spirits. The most frequent is “Mr Boots,” who frequently observes guests.
5. Mary King’s Close – Edinburgh
A Japanese medium was reportedly unable to enter a room off Allan’s Close because of Annie, a young girl who is claimed to have lost her doll and is so distraught that she is said to be haunted. The Capital is awash in haunted places, but few have the curiously haunting narrative of Annie.
6. Rosslyn Chapel – Midlothian
Rosslyn Chapel has a long history of being a place where people have had unexplained paranormal encounters. One such experience involved an actor who was practicing there for an Edinburgh Fringe performance when he heard a child whimpering in the crypt, but the child was nowhere to be found when he went inside.
7. Cawdor Castle – Cawdor
Muriel Calder, whose life was endangered by her uncles and taken by the Campbells, is rumored to haunt Cawdor Castle, close to Nairn.
8. Culloden Moor – Inverness
One of the most haunting locations in all of Scotland is Culloden Moor in Inverness, which is said to be haunted by the spirits of those who perished there in combat.
9. Skaill House – Orkney
The Orkney house has a lot of ghost and spirit sightings, and there are rumors that it was built on an old burial place.
10. Dryburgh Abbey Hotel – Melrose
The new Dryburgh Abbey House Hotel building is sometimes said to be haunted by the Grey Lady, who is also said to occasionally wander down the bridge.
