Haunted Places in Highland

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Culloden

Culloden Moor
Culloden, Highland, Scotland

The site is associated with phantom soldiers, clashing swords, war cries and spectral corpses reportedly appearing around the battlefield, especially on 16 April.

Dingwall

Dornie

Duntulm

Duntulm Castle
Duntulm, Highland, Scotland

Reports include Hugh MacDonald's wails from the dungeon and a condemned nursemaid said to haunt the ruined castle.

Dunvegan

Orbost House
Dunvegan, Highland, Scotland

The site is associated with the unexplained sound of a horse-drawn carriage approaching the house while nearby companions heard nothing.

Foyers

Boleskine House
Foyers, Highland, Scotland

Reports include a rolling severed head, occult traditions and reports of cloven-hoofed footsteps associated with the former Crowley residence.

Glencoe

Glencoe
Glencoe, Highland, Scotland

Staff and visitors report screams and spectral figures said to replay scenes from the 1692 massacre around its anniversary.

Golspie

Keiss

Keiss Castle
Keiss, Highland, Scotland

The site is associated with a Weeping Lady seen at broken windows or staring out across the sea from the castle ruins.

Kyleakin

Eilean Bàn
Kyleakin, Highland, Scotland

Staff and visitors report muttering voices, poltergeist activity, disembodied footsteps and doors opening and closing without visible cause.

Sligachan

A87 Ghost Car, Isle of Skye
Sligachan, Highland, Scotland

Witnesses describe a phantom car or truck racing along the road between Sligachan and Portree before mysteriously disappearing.

Thurso

Olrig Kirk
Thurso, Highland, Scotland

Staff and visitors report phantom piping, shadowy figures among gravestones and an unusually oppressive silence around the ruined kirk.

Wick

Ackergill Tower
Wick, Highland, Scotland

Reports include a Green Lady walking silently through corridors, unexplained footsteps, cold spots and a pervasive feeling of sadness.

Castle Sinclair Girnigoe
Wick, Highland, Scotland

Local accounts describe shadowy figures, voices carried on the wind and a strong feeling of being watched in the prison vaults.