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Interested in Ghosts, The Knights Templars, Myths and Legends or just a short break with a DIFFERENCE!
We offer a unique leisure experience based on a ghost hunt of this incredibly haunted Scottish castle
Fully inclusive of 2 nights dinner, bed & breakfast this event offers delicious food and fine wine before introducing you to the “darker” side of this building
We will guide you through a journey of discovery exploring the hauntings of this atmospheric 16th century castle. We give you the expertise, the equipment and the means to travel back into a haunting period of chivalry and romance!
Join our professional team including psychic for practical tuition and exercises in the ancient divination arts. Experience dowsing, table-tipping, glass divination and séances in some of the most haunted rooms. Explore the hauntings and find out for yourself who has lived there before!
All this before retiring to your bedchamber IF YOU DARE!
We also offer a similar event in Edinburgh, The Royal Terrace Hotel
Barony Castle Event 2 Night Package
This activity break allows you the opportunity to open up your minds to the possibility of ghosts and also takes you on a breathtaking journey into a bygone age of castles and manor houses
You will be welcomed into Barony Castle, your base for a 2 night stay including dinner, wine, bed and breakfast
Join the investigation into the hauntings of this wonderfully atmospheric 16th century Scottish castle and from this base visit the surrounding historical places of interest
Follow the "Da Vinci Code" trail and visit Rosslyn Chapel - just 15 miles away!
Why not take a trip out to the oldest continually inhabited house in Scotland Traquair House or pay a visit to Mellerstain Castle, one of Scotland's finest Georgian Mansions, owned by the Earl and Countess of Haddington
Edinburgh is only 40 minutes drive away so the choice is yours. You will have all day at your leisure to decide on what interests you!
Built in1536 and set in 25 acres of mature gardens and woodlands this imposing Scottish Manor House offers traditional warmth and elegance, magnificent views and an air of mystery!
Barony Castle has one resident ghost, known simply as “Mary”, possibly Mary Maxwell; house keeper for Elizabeth (“Bare Betty”) Murray when the new façade was erected on the old castle. Numerous accounts of her visits are recorded, mainly on the 3RD floor, especially room 302 but also on the 2nd floor and spiral staircase (closed to the public). She appears to be interested in the doings of the modern house-keepers. She is also reported to sit or stand at the bottom of guests’ beds from time to time. It is also possible that “Mary” may be the “Agnes” referred to by Sir Walter Scott, although she would then predate the construction of the East Façade by about 70 years!
Ghostly footsteps are heard at various points around the grounds, most notably outside the “Buttery”, in the toilets behind reception and in the staff cottage.
“Auld Reekie” has been seen often since the 1920’s, in what is now the Tweeddale room. He appears as if sitting in a rocking chair staring at the fireplace (bricked up in 1986). Often accompanied by the smell of cigar smoke and a whiff of brandy. He is thought to be Alexander Fox Murray who lost both his sons in the Great War, before selling the Estate as a Hotel in 1927. The apparition seems totally unaware of the presence of onlookers and fades or disappears leaving only the smell of cigar smoke. Several witnesses report rapid temperature changes before or after his “visits”. A black shadow sometimes the shape of a dog has also been seen in this room.
Our previous events held here have proved unnerving and exciting!
Guests experiencing "unexplained" phenomenon, staff members being pushed!
We are going to investigate the paranormal history of this historical venue
Care to join us?
Opening Hours
Specific Event dates ( please refer to our website)
Contact
hauntingbreaks
Barony Castle
Peebles
Peebleshire
EH45 8QW
Great Britain
Tel: +44 (1686) 420301
E-Mail: info@hauntingbreaks.co.uk
WWW: http://www.hauntingbreaks.co.uk
