Hauntings

The Green Lady of the Old Causeway

Old Causeway street, Cromarty

Traditional; told by Miller in 1835

The green lady is one of the commonest Scottish ghost types, and Miller's remark about shrouds is a piece of folklore scholarship: an older kind of apparition was dressed in green, and the later kind in white grave clothes. He is tracing how ghosts changed with burial customs. The house is not identified.

The other house on the street, on the western side, had a brownie. See that record.

This site is private property or has no public access. Coordinates shown are rounded and no directions are offered.
Evidence
Long-standing local tradition
Access
No public access
Location
57.681, -4.035 (Parish-level only, treat as an area)

Sources: Hugh Miller, Scenes and Legends of the North of Scotland, Chapter VI, A Scottish Town of the 17th Century [public-domain]

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