Woman in an Old Dress
Location: Gilmerton (Perth and Kinross) - Cultoquhey House Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: August 2003
Further Comments: This hotel was reputedly haunted by a woman wearing an old dress. She would be seen always entering a certain bedroom, but never to leave. She was reputedly seen by a Dutch visitor in 2003.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2007-03-25
Last updated: 2007-03-25
ID: #7143
Brownie
Location: Glen Devon (Perth and Kinross) - Unknown residence
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A Brownie left this residence in disgust after the homeowner left some new clothes out for the entity to wear.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2015-06-18
Last updated: 2015-06-18
ID: #11840
Healing Pool
Location: Glen Dochart (Perth and Kinross) - Pool in the area (not unknown if it still exists)
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Nineteenth century
Further Comments: A pool in the area was said to cure anyone who had developed madness. The magical waters lost their power after a farmer led a mad bull to the pool and allowed it to bathe.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2020-04-26
Last updated: 2020-04-26
ID: #13699
Broad Shouldered Man
Location: Glen Shee (Perth and Kinross) - A93 between Blairgowrie and Glen Shee, near the Devil's Elbow
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 15 November 2025, 18:15h
Further Comments: The driver of a car and their partner spotted a broad-shouldered man wearing light clothes walking ahead on the dark road. As the fog lights illuminated the figure, it stepped in front of the car. The driver slammed on their brakes, anticipating an impact but the figure vanished, causing both driver and passenger to scream.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2025-12-29
Last updated: 2025-12-29
ID: #16243
Mariota
Location: Glengoulandie (Perth and Kinross) - Garth Castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The laird's wife died under strange circumstances in the early sixteenth century, sightings of her ghost convincing many she was murdered by her husband.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2003-05-25
Last updated: 2003-05-25
ID: #4235
Weaver
Location: Guildtown (Perth and Kinross) - St Martins Church
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: After the sale of this church, local media reported that the site had the reputation as being haunted by a minister's wife who was also a weaver.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2025-03-01
Last updated: 2025-03-01
ID: #15811
Footfalls
Location: Kenmore (Perth and Kinross) - Taymouth Castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The sound of phantom footsteps can be heard around the castle. A piece of folklore from the nineteenth century says that the pipers from Taymouth Castle had their instruments provided by the fairies.
Source:
Historical Record, Published Media
First added: 2003-06-01
Last updated: 2022-05-02
ID: #4305
White Lady
Location: Kilspindie (Perth and Kinross) - Lady's Brig, area of land close to Balmyre Farm
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The history of this phantom female is unknown, but speculated to have been murdered, or was a murderer, or could have been a nun. Or all three. Or none.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2010-04-11
Last updated: 2010-04-11
ID: #9871
Mary Queen of Scots.
Mary Queen of Scots
Location: Kinross (Perth and Kinross) - Loch Leven Castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The Queen of Scots reportedly haunts the building where she signed her abdication.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2003-05-25
Last updated: 2003-05-25
ID: #4241
Bible Burner
Location: Kinross (Perth and Kinross) - Minister's House
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: June 1718
Further Comments: The minister of the building managed to recover his Bible without too much harm being bestowed upon it, after an invisible presence threw the book in the fireplace. The spirit would tear clothing and hide pins and needles in cooked foods.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2003-03-17
Last updated: 2003-03-17
ID: #4029
Tinker
Location: Kirkmichael (Perth and Kinross) - Ashintully Castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: During life, the tinker was found and hanged for trespassing - his ghost is now seen around the trees near where he died. Two more spirits, carrying the cute names of Crooked Davie & Green Jane, are rumoured to haunt the castle grounds. The sound of screaming has also been reported here, while the sound of a phantom galloping horse could be heard after dark along lanes in the area.
Source:
Historical Record, Published Media
First added: 2002-06-25
Last updated: 2024-12-20
ID: #1447
Druid
Location: Kirkmichael (Perth and Kinross) - The Old Manse
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Complete with long white beard and golden sickle, this figure haunts the area where his temple stood before the manse was constructed. Do not mistake this ghost as being overly quaint, as the screams of human blood sacrifices can be heard from the same area after dark.
Source:
Historical Record, Published Media
First added: 2003-04-20
Last updated: 2003-04-20
ID: #4163
An old photograph of Loch Tay from Lawers.
Lady of Lawers
Location: Lawers (Perth and Kinross) - General area of the ruined village, on banks of Loch Tay
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2006
Further Comments: This long deserted village is home to the phantom white lady of Lawers. Workers at a nearby hotel report the feeling of being watched in the area.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2006-11-16
Last updated: 2006-11-16
ID: #7036
Each Uisge
Location: Loch Earn (Perth and Kinross) - Waters of the Loch
Type: Cryptozoology
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This water horse would entice people to sit upon its back before drowning the unsuspecting victim. One story says that the creature lived in Loch Tay but was driven out so moved here.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2008-01-09
Last updated: 2008-01-09
ID: #8160
Porridge Eaters
Location: Loch Ericht (Perth and Kinross) - Bothy at the southern end of the loch
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A shepherd who used the bothy made tiny bowls and spoons for the fairies who also lived here, having found his own porridge bowl pecked at. The fairies moved away after they brought a guest that the shepherd did not feed.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2022-04-18
Last updated: 2022-04-18
ID: #14468
Husband
Location: Loch Errochty (Perth and Kinross) - Mound known as Cam na Sleabkack (aka Slevach Cairn) (may no longer exist)
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A widow was told that her late husband was working as a 'baggage horse' for the fairies within this cairn.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2022-04-21
Last updated: 2022-04-21
ID: #14474
Bridge
Location: Loch Rannoch (Perth and Kinross) - Camghouran
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Unknown (bridge), twentieth century (light)
Further Comments: Fairies were in the process of building a bridge across the loch when a traveller wished them 'God speed'. The fairies stopped working and left their bridge unfinished. In the twentieth century, a light would be seen by locals as it skimmed along the water's surface.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2022-05-02
Last updated: 2022-05-02
ID: #14490
A photograph of Loch Tay, taken around 1960.
Water Cows
Location: Loch Tay (Perth and Kinross) - General area
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Fairy cattle would constantly graze both on the land surrounding the loch, and in the still waters. Another legend suggests it was home to 'fish without fins', interpreted by some as serpentine monsters. An Each Uisge once lived here but was driven out and moved to Loch Earn instead.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2003-06-01
Last updated: 2003-06-01
ID: #4321
Buarach-Bhaoi
Location: Loch Tummel (Perth and Kinross) - General area
Type: Cryptozoology
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This eel-like creature would wait for horses to trot through the water before looping itself around their legs, drowning the horse before drinking its blood.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2023-01-28
Last updated: 2023-01-28
ID: #14763
Bad Architect
Location: Lochearnhead (Perth and Kinross) - Edinample Castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Black Duncan Campbell threw an architect to his death from the roof of the castle after he failed to design and build a parapet. The phantom man is now reputed to haunt the roof.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2008-01-09
Last updated: 2008-01-09
ID: #8161
Dogs
Location: Logierait (Perth and Kinross) - Ballechin House (demolished 1963)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Nineteenth Century
Further Comments: The house was haunted by the sounds of arguing, rapping, and an invisible force that felt like a dog pushing against people's legs. This 'dog' was quite common, many people felt it, and other pet dogs brought into the house appeared happy to play with an invisible friend. A phantom nun was also said to walk the garden.
Source:
Historical Record, Published Media
First added: 2002-07-11
Last updated: 2002-07-11
ID: #1685
White Lady
Location: Longforgan (Perth and Kinross) - HMP Castle Huntly, open prison
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Her white robes flowing as she walks, the white lady is said to have leapt from the battlements to escape punishment after being caught with a manservant. A young boy that also haunts the site is thought to be Richard Paterson who drowned in the Tay in 1939.
Source:
Historical Record, Published Media
First added: 2007-10-13
Last updated: 2026-05-30
ID: #8028
Line engraving of a mermaid by B Cole, 1759.
Angry Mermaid
Location: Lornty (Perth and Kinross) - Waters between town and Loch Benachally
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: These waters were once the swimming area of a mermaid renowned for her bad temperament.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2004-08-22
Last updated: 2004-08-22
ID: #5401
Top of a Woman
Location: Meggernie (Perth and Kinross) - Meggernie Castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1862, and late 1920s
Further Comments: The 1862 witness, along with others previously, said he woke up during the night to feel a burning kiss on his cheek - standing over him was a woman, who quickly moved away towards an adjoining room. As she drifted though the doorway, the witness noticed she had no legs. The figure has also been seen inverted - just a pair of legs with no torso. One explanation offered is that the figure was murdered, and the body cut in two... A visiting doctor who stayed the night in the 1920s also reported seeing a floating head and shoulders.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2002-06-21
Last updated: 2002-06-21
ID: #1368
Guinevere's Tombstone
Location: Meigle (Perth and Kinross) - Museum
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Still present
Further Comments: Killed at nearby Alyth, Guinevere (wife of King Arthur) was buried in this small town - what could be her tombstone is on display in the museum.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2003-04-20
Last updated: 2003-04-20
ID: #4162
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