Category: Covenanters

Dunnottar Castle: Dark Deeds and Desperate Defences

Mar 1, 2026 | Corrichie, Covenanters, Dark History, Dunnottar Castle, Edward I King of England, Haunted Castle, Honours of Scotland, Mary Queen of Scots, Picts, Scottish Wars of Independence, Stirling Bridge, Uncategorized, Vikings, William Wallace

Dunnottar Castle clings to the wind-scoured cliffs south of Stonehaven, where the air feels thick...

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The National Covenant: From the Holy Oath to the Mackenzie Poltergeist

Feb 28, 2026 | Covenanters, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Greyfriars Kirkyard, Haunted Churchyard, Protestant Reformation, The National Covenant, Uncategorized

National Covenant history begins with a single, defiant act in a cold Edinburgh churchyard...

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Edinburgh Castle: A Timeline of Horror, Hauntings and Happenings

Oct 30, 2021 | Betrayals and Treachery, Covenanters, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Castle, Edward I King of England, Ghost and Spirits, Gododdin, Haunted Castle, Iron Age, Nine Maidens, Robert the Bruce, Scottish Wars of Independence, Witch Hunts and Trials, Witches

Edinburgh Castle looms over Scotland’s capital city, its outer walls seeming to merge with the...

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Scottish Graveyards: From a Multi-purpose Commodity to a Dying World

Jan 19, 2018 | Covenanters, Dark History, Edinburgh, Elgin, Ghost and Spirits, Graveyards, Cemeteries and Kirkyards, Haunted, Protestant Reformation

Down through the ages, Scottish graveyards or kirkyards have had a variety of uses other than...

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Spectral Terrors in Edinburgh’s Tolbooth Tavern

Dec 19, 2017 | Covenanters, Ghost and Spirits, Haunted

Edinburgh’s Tolbooth Tavern is said to be haunted. From the outside, No.167 Canongate looks...

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