Crathes Castle is situated near Banchory, Aberdeenshire, and has enchanting turrets, towers and ornate rooms. The castle was built in 1553 and has many treasures. The most historic treasure is the Horn of Leys, a jewelled ivory horn which Robert the Bruce gave to the Burnett family who owned the castle until 1966. It was then that Sir James Burnett presented Crathes Castle to the National Trust of Scotland.

There are most certainly spirits inhabiting this historical castle within the walls. The castle ghost is the Green Lady of Crathes. She has been known to glide across the room that is named after her, The Green Lady's Room. Each time she appeared she would cross the room to an ancient carved fireplace where she would lift up a child, after which she would fade away.

During 18th century renovations to the castle, workmen unearthed the bones of a child beneath a hearthstone in The Green Lady's Room.

This magnificent 800-year-old castle was once a Royal residence and played host to Robert the Bruce and King Charles I. The sumptuous interior was created by Lord Leith who bought Fyvie in 1889. He amassed a collection of arms and armour as well as impressive artworks including works by Raeburn and Gainsborough.

Over the centuries five families - Preston, Meldrum, Seton, Gordon and Leith - helped create this spellbinding stronghold of rambling corridors and magnificent rooms. Fyvie Castle is now run by the National Trust of Scotland but still has the feel of a family home and the ghosts and legends that surround it have given the castle an air of mystery.

Fyvie is home to the ghost of Dame Lilias Drummond, known as “The Green Lady”. She was the wife of Alexander Seton, owner of the castle in the early 17th century. Unable to bear him a son and heir, Alexander started having an affair with a young woman named Grizel Leslie, one of his wife's relatives. Dame Lilias died in May 1601, starved to death by her husband. He wasted no time in marrying Grizel. On their wedding night Dame Lilias made an appearance and moans and heavy sighs could be heard outside the newlyweds bedroom windwow. In the morning it was discovered that she had scratched her name into the castle wall, which can still be viewed to this day.

There is also a curse hanging over the castle known as the Weeping Stones Curse. Over 500 years ago a prophet called Thomas the Rhymer wanted to visit Fyvie Castle. In order to welcome him the castle's great doors were opened but it took the prophet seven years to visit. Still the castle doors were open but when Thomas the Rhymer finally arrived a freak storm slammed the doors closed. He viewed the incident as a personal insult and laid a curse upon the castle. The curse spoke of three stones taken from the boundary markers of the castle land that went missing. The firstborn sons of the families that lived at Fyvie would never inherit the castle until all three stones were found and reunited. Only one stone was recovered and is kept in a bowl in the castle. Nobody has been able to explain why the stone becomes wet even though it is kept in dry conditions. The curse itself is real because through the generations since the curse the castle has, for whatever reason, passed to second sons or daughters but never to a firstborn son.

Fyvie is well worth a visit. It would be difficult to find a more interesting and historic house in Scotland. Listen to tales of phantom soldiers, poltergeists and the curse of the weeping stones, then visit the secret burial chamber of the Grey Lady, whose remains were discovered encased in the castle walls and whose spirit roams the passageways.

Inveraray Castle in Argyll sits in a magical position overlooking Loch Fyne. It has been the home of the Dukes of Argyll and the seat of the Clan Campbell. A castle has been standing on the shores of Loch Fyne since the 1400s, but the amazing castle you see today was inspired by a sketch by John Vanbrugh, the architect of Castle Howard and Blenheim Palace in the 1700s. But Vanbrugh died and the 3rd Duke of Argyll instructed architects William Adam and Roger Morris to design and build his new castle in the gothic revival style. This work, combined with some other additions in the late 19th century produced what we see now, a beautiful, elegant castle with turrets, towers and conical roofs which looks more like a French chateau than an ancient Scottish stronghold.

The castle has a number of ghosts including the ' Grey Lady' who is only seen by daughters of a Duke of Argyll, the castle's harp player and a floating ship which moves away on the horizon on the death of a Duke.

In 1644, as civil war raged throughout Britain, Inveraray castle was ransacked and burned by Montrose and his army. The brutal attack saw many lose their lives including the castle’s harp player. He was a young irish boy employed as Argyll's personal harp player and the army's large Irish contingent were enraged that one of their kind would work for a Campbell. They killed him and left his dismembered body lying on the Duke of Argyll's bed. It is said that delightful harp melodies could occasionally be heard coming from the bedroom. The ghostly harper has also become a portent of death for the Campbells. When death is near for a member of the Duke's family, faint harp music can be heard along the halls of Inveraray Castle.

Other ghosts are said to drift through the halls of Inveraray Castle, including a mysterious gray lady who only the daughters of the Duke of Argyll can see. Another spirit, the Galley of Lorne, is seen leaving the castle following the death of a Duke. It may be connected to the Ghost Ship of Loch Fyne but nobody is sure. People claim to have seen a phantom ship on the water of Loch Fyne and reports claim that the ship will make its way onto land before disappearing in the direction of Inveraray Castle.