The Paranormal Database

Priest

Location: Sissinghurst (Kent) - Castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The garden area is said to be home for a peaceful monk, killed by Sir John Baker who built the castle. His footsteps have been heard walking alongside visitors to the gardens. A phantasm has also been reported on a staircase in the castle, though it is unclear whether it is the same entity.

Green Lady

Location: Skipness (Argyll and Bute) - Skipness Castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The castle is reputed to be haunted by a green lady which protects the castle. The entity is said to dislikes dogs, although no one appears to be sure how this dislike manifests.

Poisoned Wife

Location: Skipsea (East Riding of Yorkshire) - Skipsea Castle, Albermarle Hill
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Headless woman on moonlit nights (reoccurring), others unknown
Further Comments: Drogo, a Baron from the eleventh century, poisoned his wife and fled abroad - she has been seen, headless and white, walking from the castle (or what remains of it) to a brook at the base, disappearing before reaching the bridge. She may be the same entity known as Awd Molly, who was once believed could be summoned if you walked around a certain pit in the area. Finally, depressions in the ground somewhere on the hill are supposed to belong to two warriors who killed each other in a duel - if filled, the ghosts of the fighters were said to return.

Nun

Location: Skryne (County Meath) - Skryne Castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This ghostly nun was once watched as she slowly dissolved into nothingness. She has also been heard walking in empty parts of the building, though the footsteps could belong to a white woman (thought to be a murdered maid) who also haunts the castle.

An old postcard of Slane Castle.

Puck

Location: Slane (County Meath) - Slane Castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The Puca which resided at the castle was considered its protector and would take the form of a large hound or small steed. The entity wore a chain around its neck regardless of form, so was always recognisable.

Green Lady

Location: Sleat, Isle of Skye (Highland) - Knock Castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This Glaistig would manifest as a happy figure prior to good news arriving, and weep as a warning to incoming bad news.

Dunvegan Castle (public domain).

Fairy Flag

Location: Sligachan, Isle of Skye (Highland) - Dunvegan Castle
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Flag story unknown, cats seen circa 2002
Further Comments: The Flag of the MacLeod's was given to them by a fairy that changed herself into a mortal and married into the family - it can only be used three times, but each time it is waved, it grants the MacLeods victory over a foe. Used twice before (1490 & 1580), the flag remained true to the fairy's words. The Fairy Bridge near the castle is considered inherently evil, upsets animals, and is reputedly haunted by a clowder of cats once owned by a witch.

Screaming

Location: Sopwell (County Tipperary) - Sopwell (or Killaleigh) Castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Screams followed by the sound of a body being dragged down a staircase persist in haunting this castle, thought to be the result of a body being dropped down the stairs.

A ghostly blue woman.

Green Lady

Location: Southerndown (South Glamorgan) - Hill where Dunraven Castle once stood
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This castle was formally the haunt of a blue lady and a ship wrecker. The latter ghost is said to appear walking the coastline on the anniversary of his death (which is not known), shouting and screaming.

Archbishop Hamilton

Location: St Andrews (Fife) - Castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A supporter of Mary Queen of Scots, Hamilton was arrested and hanged. His shade returned to this castle (though he was neither caught nor executed here).

Meeting Place

Location: St Andrews (Fife) - Lausdree Castle (likely a pseudonym or a fictional place (and story))
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Likely pre-twentieth century
Further Comments: A family butler claimed that the castle was a hotbed of hauntings and was a meeting point for many ghosts and ghouls. The rooms beneath the castle had to be boarded up, as anyone who tried to explore the cellars never returned.

Lady de Clare

Location: St Athan (South Glamorgan) - Area around site of West Orchard castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Rumoured to have been buried alive by her cruel husband who (incorrectly) believed she was having an affair, this white lady was once said to walk the castle and the surrounding area.

Gwrach-y-rhibyn

Location: St Donats (South Glamorgan) - St Donats Castle
Type: Crisis Manifestation
Date / Time: When death occurs in the family
Further Comments: This ghost heralds a death in the family very much like a banshee - wailing pierces the night air, and scratching is heard at windows. The entity was named as Lady Stradling, murdered by another member of her family. The apparition is also seen, some writing at it resembles an old, haggled woman, while others claim the figure wears high heels and a gown made of fine silk. If this was not enough, the castle is also reported to be home to a large floating eye that glows, a semi-transparent large black cat, and a piano that has a habit of playing itself.

Faceless Woman

Location: St Johnston (County Donegal) - Mongavlin Castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Pre-1830?
Further Comments: A dark-haired, faceless figure dressed in white would patrol the area and was blamed for the death of a servant after he quit and took his own life.

An old postcard showing Mont Orgueil castle on Jersey.

William

Location: St Martin (Jersey) - Mont Orgueil castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2009
Further Comments: One charity ghost hunt at this castle channelled the spirit of William, executed in the seventeenth century for a murder that he did not commit.

The castle, circa 1902

Four Poster Bed

Location: St Michael's Mount (Cornwall) - Castle
Type: Curse
Date / Time: Still present?
Further Comments: A four poster bed in the castle is reported to be cursed - any child who sleeps in it never wakes up.

Fisherwoman

Location: St Monans (aka St Monance) (Fife) - Newark Castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: August 2015
Further Comments: A photograph taken by Lenny Low was claimed to contain the ghost of a fisherwoman, although the image may have caught a real person or a case of pareidolia.

Flickering Lights

Location: Stansted (Essex) - Mountfitchet Castle
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: 2002, reoccurring at midday
Further Comments: Despite several electricians' efforts, the lights in this castle still flickered erratically at midday, causing the owners to call in an exorcist.

Lost Child

Location: Stenton (Lothian) - Whittingehame Castle (ruins of)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The area surrounding the castle was once thought haunted by a young child. The ghost is said to have vanished when one of the locals gave it the name of 'Short-Hoggers'!

Wailing

Location: Steyning (Sussex) - Bramber Castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: December (reoccurring)
Further Comments: Maude of Ditching's screams and cries can occasionally be heard in the ruins - her lover was bricked up in the dungeon after being caught by Maude's husband. The castle is also said to be haunted by two children seen begging for food, though they vanish if approached.

Old postcard of Stirling Castle.

Man in Highland Dress

Location: Stirling (Stirling) - Stirling Castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1970s
Further Comments: A photograph taken in the 1970s shows what could be a spectral figure walking along the cobbled path. Reports of phantom footsteps echoing down corridors have also been reported at the castle, and a green lady has been observed. Not to be forgotten, some also say a woman in a pink silken dress stalks the area outside the fort, and she is named as Mary Queen of Scots.

Giant's Gold

Location: Stokesay (Shropshire) - Stokesay Castle
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Two giants stored their gold in a large, locked chest under the castle. One giant managed to drop the key in the castle moat, where it is said to remain to this day. The chest must be approached with the key in hand, to do so otherwise invites an attack from a huge raven.

Drowned Girl

Location: Stonehaven (Aberdeenshire) - Muchalls Castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This woman fell into the sea while helping her smuggler boyfriend, dying as her body was tossed around by high waves on the rocks. Her ghost is found in the nearby castle which is connected to the water by a secret passage.

Water Thrower

Location: Stranraer (Dumfries and Galloway) - Caldenoch castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The area near the castle was haunted by a ghost that soaked anyone who came to close - it was exorcised by a local holy man.

Brownie

Location: Strathmiglo (Fife) - Strathmiglo Castle
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This invisible entity lived in the castle and was only detectible when it stole food from the pantry.