Inverary Castle - Ghosts
Members of staff and visitors to the MacArthur often complain of headaches, others report at being overcome by a feeling of sadness/grief when entering the room, cold spots and a sense of dread have also been recorded. When a member of the family is about to die in the castle, harp music can be heard coming from this room, the last report of this ghostly phenomenon being when the 10th Duke died in 1949.
The harpist ghost seems particularly fond of the library his music is often heard here, he is also blamed for moving books around. When TV's most haunted visited the castle books were actually thrown from the upper level. Other visitor's to the library have burst into fits of hysterical laughter, for no apparent reason.
Another local legend is said to be of a ghost that warns of the death of a Campbell Chieftain. It is said that two days before the death of a chief a ghostly galleon, is seen sailing up Loch Fyne. When the ship reaches land it does not stop, instead it continues to sail over land until it reaches the castle and claims its victim. It is said that in the 18th century, one of the chieftains was so convinced that the ghost ship was coming to take him that he actually drank poison so he would not disappoint the galleons ghostly crew.
On the 10th of July 1758 a Physician, William Hart, was walking along the castle grounds with two other men. The trio all witnessed "a battle taking place in the sky, between Highland soldiers and French soldiers." They saw the Highlanders retreating, leaving behind many of their dead soldiers. Two ladies had also witnessed the battle in the sky. Several weeks later startling news arrived from America, telling of how a Highland regiment lost 300 of its soldiers on July 10, 1758, while attacking a fort held by the French.
The ghost of a young woman who was murdered by the Jacobites has also been seen haunting the castle. This ghost is usually dressed in a grey gown and is known at the castle as the grey lady, the young woman's identity is not known.
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