Archive briefing
The Darkives lists 7 towers where our community has documented paranormal phenomena. They span 2 countries, led by the United Kingdom (6) and the United States (1), and the most-recorded areas are Florida (1), Isle of Anglesey (1) and Isle of Man (1).
The phenomena most often recorded at these towers are ghost and spirit activity (5) and several types of phenomena (1).
United Kingdom
6
Ghost › IntelligentBarden Tower
Skipton, Yorkshire
Barden Tower, a crumbling 15th-century stronghold near Bolton Abbey, stands in lonely splendour above the River Wharfe. Once home to the Clifford…
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Multiple Types of Phenomena › Ghosts, UFO/UAPs & CryptidsHoober Stand
Rotherham, South Yorkshire
Hoober Stand, a 1740s stone tower rising above the Wentworth estate, looms over Rotherham’s wooded hills. Built to commemorate the end of the…
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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…
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GhostSpedlin's Tower
Lockerbie, Scotland
Spedlin’s Tower, a 15th-century tower house near Lockerbie, is renowned for the tragic tale of James “Dunty” Porteous, a servant accidentally locked…
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Tower of Refuge
Douglas, Isle of Man
Standing on Conister Rock in Douglas Bay, Isle of Man, the Tower of Refuge is a castellated shelter built in 1832 for shipwrecked mariners. Its…
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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.
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United States
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