The details are given as local tradition without a source, and the guide does not give a year. The scent of blood in a garden is the kind of sensory ghost story that is sometimes attached to a known murder scene. It is separate from the Shaw chief's ghost.
Hauntings
The Scent of Blood at the Doune
The Doune and the old smithy site, Rothiemurchus
Date not given; belief recorded about 1900
The Doune is a private estate house and garden.
- Evidence
- Long-standing local tradition
- Access
- Private property
- Location
- 57.177, -3.820 (Parish-level only, treat as an area)
Sources: Rothiemurchus (Electric Scotland), Chapter 2, Loch-an-Eilan [other]
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