Post by Melissa Foxworthy on Dec 2, 2007 18:40:38 GMT -5
Aberdeenshire, Scotland
The history of Fyvie castle dates back to the early 1200s. Numerous powerful families have called the large estate home, each leaving its mark on the mighty stronghold in many different ways. Some families simply added to the castle's size by adding a turret or improving the ground's mighty famous gardens. Others added to the castle's darker side by refusing to move out - even after their deaths! In the early 17th Century, Alexander Seton, the Earl of Dunfermline, took over ownership of Fyvie Castle. The Earl and his wife, Lillias Drummond, lived at the castle for a only a few months before the Earl became obsessed with a young dame that lived nearby. Shortly thereafter, Lillias died of starvation after being locked in an upper room by Seton. In a rather odd turn of events, the Earl remarried just a few short weeks after his wife's death, taking the hand of Grizel Leslie as his bride. The couple spent their wedding night in the Drummond Room, a large upstairs room in the castle that was a favorite of Lillias'. Throughout the night, each remarked to one another about hearing an odd scratching sound. The next morning the couple awoke to find the words "Lillias Drummond" carved into the windowsill near the bed. The words were carved facing the outside of the castle - on the edge of a window that stood more than fifty feet above the ground. The inscription can still be seen to this day. Lillias' ghost, known as the "Green Lady" has been seen roaming the castle since that fateful night. She is seen most often near the main stairs.
Workers renovating the castle in the early 1900s found a skeleton interred in a wall. The skeleton was removed and given a proper burial. Almost immediately, paranormal activity and other odd occurrences began to become commonplace. A ghostly woman in gray was seen in numerous area of the castle. The activity become so heated that workers at the estate's owners had the skeleton dug up and brought back to the castle's grounds.
Another of Castle Fyvie's hauntings is the famous "ghostly trumpeter" that haunts the outer walls of the Fyvie. The ghost is believed to be that of Andrew Lammie, a young man who had fallen for the daughter of a local politician. The politician disapproved of his daughter's courtship, and in a stuning turn of events, had Andrew kidnapped and sold into slavery in the West Indies. When Andrew finally retuned to Scotland, he found that hi beloved had passed away. Before he committed suicide, he cursed the castle and vowed that his ghost would return to play the trumpet on the eve of every maiden's death in the reign of Fyvie. For many years, the sounds of a trumpet can be heard late at night, always followed by a maiden's passing the following day.
The history of Fyvie castle dates back to the early 1200s. Numerous powerful families have called the large estate home, each leaving its mark on the mighty stronghold in many different ways. Some families simply added to the castle's size by adding a turret or improving the ground's mighty famous gardens. Others added to the castle's darker side by refusing to move out - even after their deaths! In the early 17th Century, Alexander Seton, the Earl of Dunfermline, took over ownership of Fyvie Castle. The Earl and his wife, Lillias Drummond, lived at the castle for a only a few months before the Earl became obsessed with a young dame that lived nearby. Shortly thereafter, Lillias died of starvation after being locked in an upper room by Seton. In a rather odd turn of events, the Earl remarried just a few short weeks after his wife's death, taking the hand of Grizel Leslie as his bride. The couple spent their wedding night in the Drummond Room, a large upstairs room in the castle that was a favorite of Lillias'. Throughout the night, each remarked to one another about hearing an odd scratching sound. The next morning the couple awoke to find the words "Lillias Drummond" carved into the windowsill near the bed. The words were carved facing the outside of the castle - on the edge of a window that stood more than fifty feet above the ground. The inscription can still be seen to this day. Lillias' ghost, known as the "Green Lady" has been seen roaming the castle since that fateful night. She is seen most often near the main stairs.
Workers renovating the castle in the early 1900s found a skeleton interred in a wall. The skeleton was removed and given a proper burial. Almost immediately, paranormal activity and other odd occurrences began to become commonplace. A ghostly woman in gray was seen in numerous area of the castle. The activity become so heated that workers at the estate's owners had the skeleton dug up and brought back to the castle's grounds.
Another of Castle Fyvie's hauntings is the famous "ghostly trumpeter" that haunts the outer walls of the Fyvie. The ghost is believed to be that of Andrew Lammie, a young man who had fallen for the daughter of a local politician. The politician disapproved of his daughter's courtship, and in a stuning turn of events, had Andrew kidnapped and sold into slavery in the West Indies. When Andrew finally retuned to Scotland, he found that hi beloved had passed away. Before he committed suicide, he cursed the castle and vowed that his ghost would return to play the trumpet on the eve of every maiden's death in the reign of Fyvie. For many years, the sounds of a trumpet can be heard late at night, always followed by a maiden's passing the following day.