INTRODUCTION TO CASTLES

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|CASTLES WITH GHOSTS |

|What story would be complete without a haunted castle. Here is some ||of the castles that are reportedly haunted in England. |

|Berry Pomeroy Castle, Devon Said to be haunted by the daughter of a |

|wicked baron who, as a consequence of an enforced relationship with |

|her father, bore him a child, which he strangled. |

|Dover Castle, Kent Dover Castle is associated with numerous |

|ghosts and strange sounds. In the King's bedroom, the lower half of a|

|man has been seen walking through the doorway. The specter of a woman|

|dressed in a red dress has been seen at the west stairway of the |

|keep. The sounds of a creaking doorway opening and closing where a |

|door used to be, but isn't anymore, have been heard. |

|Featherstone Castle, Northumberland The castle is associated with a |

|ghostly bridal party. Baron Featherstonehaugh had arranged for his |

|daughter to marry a relative of his choice, even though the daughter |

|was in love with someone else. The wedding party left for the |

|"traditional hunt" after the wedding, leaving the baron behind to |

|make arrangements for the banquet. When the party failed to return by|

|midnight, the baron began to fear the worst. Sitting alone at the |

|table, he heard horses crossing the drawbridge. The door opened and |

|the party entered. But, they made no sound and passed through |

|furniture. The wedding party had been ambushed and killed. On the |

|anniversary of the wedding, the party can still be seen heading |

|towards the castle. . |

|Lowther Castle, Cumbria Haunted by Sir James Lowther. He was very |