Where is Inveraray Castle
On Loch Fyne, between Glasgow and Oban
It is still a family home, and a shrine to the Campbell Clan
The parts which are open to the public are the main reception rooms and a suite of former bedrooms. One of the upstairs rooms is now the `clan' room containing a vast Campbell family tree In the towering entrance hall has the shields of different Campbell families on the ceiling
History of Inveraray Castle
Built in the mid 18th century on the site of an earlier
building, Inveraray Castle is a fine early example of Scottish Baronial
style
It seems to have acquired a reputation for ghosts.
In 1644 the Duke of Argyll was driven from Inveraray by the Marquis of Montrose. the Duke's harpist was left behind, and discovered by Montrose, who ordered the man's execution. The ghost of the harpist still wanders the castle, wearing his Campbell tartan and playing his harp
On 10th July 1758 a Physician called William Hart
was walking in the grounds with two other men. To their astonishment,
they saw a battle taking place in the sky, between Highland soldiers and
French soldiers. The Highlanders, they saw, had to retreat, leaving many
dead behind. Two ladies also saw the battle in the sky. It was some weeks
later that news arrived from America telling how a Highland regiment had
lost 300 men on that day attacking a French held fort
Also there is said to be a ghost that foretells the imminent demise of
the Clan Campbell chief. It is said that a ghostly galleon, similar to
the one on the Campbell coat of arms, sails up Loch Fynne and does not
stop when it reaches land, instead continuing to sail on over the land
