In Search of Britain's Haunted Castles

Often described as a ‘fairytale castle’ Crathes has an aptly named Green Lady’s Room. The castle, which was built in 1553, has many treasures, one of the most historic being the Horn of Leys, a jewelled ivory horn which Robert the Bruce gave to the Burnett family who owned the castle until 1966 when Sir James Burnett presented it to the National Trust of Scotland.

The story of the royal ghost at Castle Rising goes back seven centuries and involves Nottingham Castle as well. When Edward II was overthrown by his queen Isabella, the ‘She Wolf of France’, and her lover Roger Mortimer, Parliament offered the crown of England to King Edward’s son, also called Edward. He was fifteen at the time and he refused to accept it unless his imprisoned father officially abdicated.