The novelist Elizabeth Byrd wrote about seeing this and other Aberdeenshire ghosts in A Strange and Seeing Time. The smuggler's-daughter story is the usual romantic tale told of castles near the coast and has no documentation.
Hauntings
The Smuggler's Lover at Muchalls Castle
Muchalls Castle, Muchalls
Smuggling era legend; reports to the 1960s
Privately run; check access.
- Evidence
- Single witness account
- Access
- Private property
- Location
- 57.017, -2.196 (Sited to the building or field)
Sources: About Aberdeen, Muchalls Castle [other]
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