Archive briefing
The Darkives lists 46 locations where our community has documented residual hauntings. They span 4 countries, led by the United Kingdom (42), Spain (2) and France (1), and the most-recorded areas are Scotland (8), North Yorkshire (6) and Lancashire (5).
They are most often recorded at castles (10), manors & stately homes (10) and pubs & inns (4).
Members have filed 1 first-hand witness report across 1 of these places; each location page holds its full history, photos and reports.
United Kingdom
42
1 reportGhost › Residual / Stone Tape TheoryTreasurer's House
York, North Yorkshire
Treasurer’s House in York, a grand medieval residence near York Minster, is one of England’s most famous haunted sites. Beneath its elegant Georgian…
Manor / Stately HomeOpen file
Ghost › Residual / Stone Tape TheoryAppleby Castle
Appleby-in-Westmorland, Lancashire
Appleby Castle, a Norman fortress overlooking the River Eden, has stood for nearly a millennium. Once home to Lady Anne Clifford, its halls echo with…
CastleOpen file
Ghost › Residual / Stone Tape TheoryAshley Hall
Altrincham, Cheshire East
Ashley Hall is a secluded Elizabethan country house in rural Cheshire, long associated with tragedy, isolation, and an enduring reputation for…
Manor / Stately HomeOpen file
Ghost › Residual / Stone Tape TheoryBeaumaris Castle
Beaumaris, Wales
Beaumaris Castle, on the Isle of Anglesey, is Edward I’s unfinished masterpiece — a fortress of perfect symmetry and lingering sorrow. Built upon…
CastleOpen file
Ghost › Residual / Stone Tape TheoryBlackness Castle
Linlithgow, Scotland
Blackness Castle, perched on the Firth of Forth in Scotland, is a fortress shaped like a ship — “the ship that never sailed.” Built in the 15th…
CastleOpen file
Ghost › Residual / Stone Tape TheoryBlickling Hall
Norwich, Norfolk
Blickling Hall in Norfolk, one of England’s most beautiful Jacobean mansions, is renowned for its haunting elegance — and its most famous ghost, Anne…
Manor / Stately HomeOpen file
Ghost › Residual / Stone Tape TheoryBolton Priory
Skipton, Yorkshire
Bolton Priory, a hauntingly beautiful Augustinian ruin beside the River Wharfe, carries the echoes of six centuries of worship and loss. Ghostly…
Abbey / PrioryOpen file
Ghost › Residual / Stone Tape TheoryBurnden Park, Former Bolton Wanderer's Football Ground
Bolton, England
Burnden Park, the historic home of Bolton Wanderers, saw glory, heartbreak, and tragedy. The 1946 disaster left 33 dead and countless memories…
OtherOpen file
Ghost › Residual / Stone Tape TheoryCadeby Tunnel
Doncaster, South Yorkshire
The Cadeby Tunnel, remnants of South Yorkshire’s railway and quarrying past, run beneath the quiet fields near Doncaster. Long disused, the tunnels…
TunnelOpen file
Ghost › Residual / Stone Tape TheoryCarnasserie Castle
Lochgilphead, Scotland
Carnasserie Castle, a striking 16th-century ruin near Kilmartin in Argyll, Scotland, is a place of ambition, betrayal, and eerie silence. Once home…
CastleOpen file
Ghost › Residual / Stone Tape TheoryCastell Coch
Cardiff, Wales
Castell Coch, the “Red Castle” above Cardiff, Wales, combines fairytale beauty with haunted melancholy. Rebuilt in the 19th century upon medieval…
CastleOpen file
Ghost › Residual / Stone Tape TheoryCulloden Battlefield
Inverness, Highland
The Battle of Culloden marked the brutal and tragic end of the 1746 Jacobite Rebellion, where the Highland army of Bonnie Prince Charlie was…
BattlefieldOpen file
Ghost › Residual / Stone Tape TheoryDalkeith Palace
Dalkeith, Scotland
Dalkeith Palace, an imposing 17th-century mansion near Edinburgh, was once a royal residence and seat of the Dukes of Buccleuch. Beneath its grandeur…
Manor / Stately HomeOpen file
Ghost › Residual / Stone Tape TheoryDartington Hall
Totnes, Devon
Dartington Hall in Devon, England, is a medieval manor steeped in centuries of art, learning, and lingering spirits. Once home to noble families and…
Manor / Stately HomeOpen file
Ghost › Residual / Stone Tape TheoryEndeavour Pub
Whitby, North Yorkshire
The sleeping family saved from a burning pub by a ghost?
Pub / InnOpen file
Ghost › Residual / Stone Tape TheoryEyam Village
Hope Valley, Derbyshire
Eyam Village in Derbyshire, known as the “Plague Village,” is steeped in sorrow and spiritual echoes. When the Black Death struck in 1665, its people…
Village / TownOpen file
Ghost › Residual / Stone Tape TheoryGrape Lane
Whitby, North Yorkshire
One of numerous locations in Whitby with paranormal links.
Street / CloseOpen file
Ghost › Residual / Stone Tape TheoryHenry Tudo Inn, Wyle Cop
Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Haunted location where the ghosts of the Battle of Bosworth in 1485 refuse to enter the room once occupied by the future King Henry VII
Pub / InnOpen file
Ghost › Residual / Stone Tape TheoryJackson's Boat
Sale, Greater Manchester
Jackson’s Boat, a historic riverside inn on the banks of the River Mersey near Sale, has long been associated with tragedy, ghostly figures, and an…
Pub / InnOpen file
Ghost › Residual / Stone Tape TheoryJackson's Bridge
Sale, Greater Manchester
Jackson’s Bridge, spanning the River Mersey near Sale, stands at a historic crossing long linked to drownings, accidents, and uneasy folklore…
Bridge / ViaductOpen file
Ghost › Residual / Stone Tape TheoryKellie Castle
Anstruther, Scotland
Kellie Castle in Fife, Scotland, exudes timeless charm and lingering mystery. Once home to the Oliphants and later the Erskines, its carved ceilings…
CastleOpen file
Ghost › Residual / Stone Tape TheoryLauriston Castle
Edinburgh, Scotland
Lauriston Castle, overlooking the Firth of Forth near Edinburgh, hides quiet ghosts behind its Jacobean charm. Built in the 16th century and later…
CastleOpen file
Ghost › Residual / Stone Tape TheoryLennox Castle
Glasgow, Scotland
Locals have reported hearing screams and the cries of previous patients.
CastleOpen file
Ghost › Residual / Stone Tape TheoryMarston Moor
York, North Yorkshire
Marston Moor, site of the decisive 1644 Civil War battle, lies silent beneath vast skies west of York. Once filled with gunfire and the cries of…
BattlefieldOpen file
Ghost › Residual / Stone Tape TheoryOkehampton Castle
Okehampton, Devon
Okehampton Castle, a dramatic ruin on the edge of Dartmoor in Devon, hides a tale of cruelty and revenge. Once home to the Norman barons of the de…
CastleOpen file
Ghost › Residual / Stone Tape TheoryPendle Heritage Centre
Nelson, Lancashire
Pendle Heritage Centre in Barrowford, Lancashire, lies at the heart of England’s most infamous witch country. Built in the 17th century, the centre…
MuseumOpen file
Ghost › Residual / Stone Tape TheoryPigeon Tower
Bolton, Lancashire
Pigeon Tower, perched high above Rivington near Bolton, was built in 1910 by Lord Leverhulme as a romantic retreat and dovecote. Overlooking Winter…
TowerOpen file
Ghost › Residual / Stone Tape TheoryRufford Abbey
Newark, Nottinghamshire
Rufford Abbey, a former 12th-century Cistercian monastery turned stately home, stands today as an evocative ruin in Sherwood Forest. Its cloisters…
Abbey / PrioryOpen file
Ghost › Residual / Stone Tape TheorySamlesbury Hall
Preston, Lancashire
Samlesbury Hall, a striking 14th-century manor in Lancashire, is famed for its black-and-white timbered façade and tragic ghostly legends. Once home…
Manor / Stately HomeOpen file
Ghost › Residual / Stone Tape TheoryScarborough Castle
Scarborough, North Yorkshire
Scarborough Castle, perched high on a windswept headland overlooking the North Sea, has witnessed over 3,000 years of human history — and countless…
CastleOpen file
Ghost › Residual / Stone Tape TheoryScone Palace
Perth, Scotland
Scone Palace, near Perth, Scotland, once the crowning place of Scottish kings, carries an air of sacred mystery. Beneath its beauty lies legend and…
Manor / Stately HomeOpen file
Ghost › Residual / Stone Tape TheorySedgemoor Battlefield
Bridgwater, Somerset
The Battle of Sedgemoor, fought on July 6, 1685, near the village of Westonzoyland, marked the brutal end of the Duke of Monmouth's rebellion against…
BattlefieldOpen file
Ghost › Residual / Stone Tape TheorySt. Georges Hall
Liverpool, Merseyside
St George’s Hall, Liverpool’s immense neoclassical landmark, blends grandeur with a darker underlayer of holding cells and courtrooms. Visitors…
Prison / GaolOpen file
Ghost › Residual / Stone Tape TheorySt. Peter's Church, Newborough, Anglesey
Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, Isle of Anglesey
Is this church haunted?
Church / ChapelOpen file
Ghost › Residual / Stone Tape TheoryThe Church Inn
Manchester, Greater Manchester
The Church Inn in Flixton is widely believed to date back to 1731 and stands beside St Michael’s Church on one of the village’s oldest historic…
Pub / InnOpen file
Ghost › Residual / Stone Tape TheoryThe Old Operating Theatre
London, England
Hidden in the roof of St Thomas’ Church, Southwark, London, the Old Operating Theatre is a preserved 19th-century surgical chamber. Once filled with…
MuseumOpen file
Ghost › Residual / Stone Tape TheoryTrafford General Hospital
Flixton, Greater Manchester
Trafford General Hospital, Davyhulme, carries quiet gravitas with its NHS legacy. Some local whispers speak of phantom footsteps in empty corridors…
Hospital / AsylumOpen file
Ghost › Residual / Stone Tape TheoryTraquair House
Innerleithen, Scotland
Traquair House, nestled in the Scottish Borders near Innerleithen, is Scotland’s oldest inhabited home — a haven of kings, priests, and ghosts. Once…
Manor / Stately HomeOpen file
Ghost › Residual / Stone Tape TheoryTŵr Bach (Small Tower) lighthouse on Ynys Llanddwyn (Llanddwyn Island), Newborough
Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, Isle of Anglesey
Tŵr Bach (Small Tower) lighthouse on Ynys Llanddwyn (Llanddwyn Island), rumoured to be haunted by the ghost of a former lighthouse keeper.
TowerOpen file
Ghost › Residual / Stone Tape TheoryUnderley Hall
Carnforth, Lancashire
Underley Hall, a grand Jacobean-style mansion near Kirkby Lonsdale, was built in the 1820s and later expanded for the Earl of Bective. Once a…
Manor / Stately HomeOpen file
Ghost › Residual / Stone Tape TheoryWhitby Abbey
Whitby, North Yorkshire
Whitby Abbey, the haunting clifftop ruin overlooking the North Sea in North Yorkshire, is famed for inspiring Bram Stoker’s Dracula and steeped in…
Abbey / PrioryOpen file
Ghost › Residual / Stone Tape TheoryWiay Cave (Cave of the Dead)
Isle of Skye, Inner Hebrides
Wiay, the lonely island in Loch Bracadale off Skye’s western coast, is steeped in haunting folklore. Once home to crofters and fishermen, it now lies…
CaveOpen file
Spain
2
Ghost › Residual / Stone Tape TheoryBelmez Faces
Bélmez de la Moraleda
Possible hoax but interesting place. Faces appeared on the concrete floor which owner María Gómez Cámara reported was the faces of those possibly…
Haunted HouseOpen file
Ghost › Residual / Stone Tape TheoryGhost Town of Belchite
Belchite
Literally a ghost town. Locals report hearing cries and screams at night across the abandoned ruins.
Abandoned / Ghost VillageOpen file
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