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https://www.facebook.com/historyhaunted/ Cramond, a small seaside village on the outskirts of Edinburgh. Evidence of the earliest people to inhabit Scotland is found by archaeologists in 2001. Discarded hazelnut shells and stone tools are amongst three thousand finds at the site which point to a temporary encampment at Cramond, on the coast near Edinburgh.What is unique about Cramond is its tidal island. Cramond Inn in Edinburgh is allegedly home to a glass-breaking poltergeist: "Like so many other public houses, The Cramond suffers from a polt which is blamed when glasses break for no reason and small items moved around." When the tide is out, you can walk from the village to the small uninhabited island.In 1592 there was a duel fought on Cramond Island. Stephen Bruntsfield, who resided at Craighouse, was a supporter of Mary Queen of Scots. At the time when the Queen was being held prisoner at Lochleven Castle, Sir Robert Mowbray of Barnbougle was a strong supporter of the Earl of Moray and was against Mary. In support of the Earl Sir Robert lay siege to Craighouse and Stephen Bruntsfield was cornered and was promised protection should he surrender. However, when being taken to Edinburgh Castle, Mowbray, broke his promise and slew him at the Burgh Loch. This led to what has become known as one of the legends of Craighouse. Stephen Bruntsfield’s widow, who was one of Queen Mary’s four Maries, shut herself and her 3 sons up in Craighouse in unrelenting grief. She shut out the daylight by hanging black drapes over the windows and became obsessed with gaining revenge over Mowbray. Stephen, her eldest son, charged the Laird of Barnbougle in combat and was slain. His brother, Roger, equally met the same fate when he charged the Laird. At a later date Henry, the youngest, avenged his father’s death at Cramond Island. His mother died full of remorse for the revenge that had been achieved. She is said to have become the phantom lady haunting the old Craig house when there is a full moon. Craig House is recorded in the reign of King David II, and in 1528 the Abbot of Newbattle granted a charter here. The original house was burned down by the Earl of Hertford in 1544, during the Rough Wooing. Many ghost stories are associated with the old Craig house In the 1880s it was described as "a weird-looking mansion, alleged to be ghost-haunted" in Cassell's Old and New Edinburgh. The Craig House estate once belonged to Newbattle Abbey, and the land was granted to Hugh Douglas in 1526 (Weir). The original Craig House was set on fire in 1544 by the Earl of Hertford during the Rough Wooing before the English army crossed the Jordan burn and set fire to most of Edinburgh. Just one vaulted ground floor room remains from the earlier house . New Craig House, was intentionally grand, resembling a country house or hotel rather than an institution. When the 60-acre well-wooded Old Craig estate came up for sale in 1878,Thomas Clouston (1840-1915), the Physician Superintendent of the Royal Edinburgh Asylum in Morningside encouraged the board to purchase the site,which he later described as ‘the most beautiful site in Edinburgh’.The hospital was renamed the Thomas Clouston Clinic in 1972 after one of its Physician Superintendents. The Hospital closed in 1993.In 1994, Edinburgh Napier University purchased the 60 acres (24 ha) estate,In March 2011,Craighouse campus, with its oldest parts dating back to the 16th century, was repeatedly rumoured to be haunted. Edinburgh Napier University sold the campus for residential development Craighouse House is mow under Development http://www.craiglockhartwoods.org/c…/craighouse-development/ https://canmore.org.uk http://www.cramondassociation.org.uk/ www.paranormaldatabase.com http://www.mirror.co.uk/ Horror Spacial Winds - Horror - Kevin MacLeod