HAUNTED AND MYSTICAL
LOCATIONS IN DEVON
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ON A LOCATION TO BE TAKEN TO ITS STORY.
Berry
Pomeroy Castle. Berry Pomeroy. Devon.
For many
years locals would shun Berry Pomeroy Castle at night knowing it to be one
of the most haunted places in Devon. On this page we tell its story and tell
you where to search for its ghosts.
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Buckland Abbey,
Yelverton, Devon
Buckland Abbey nestles in a sylvan setting and was once the home of Sir
Francis Drake. Drake's drum is displayed inside and its steady beat will
sound out whenever England faces danger.
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Jay's Grave.
Dartmoor. Devon.
By the roadside on
one of Dartmoor's bleaker stretched you come upon the mysterious grave of a
long ago suicide. Here we tell her story and talk of her ghost been seen.
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St Thomas's
Church. Lapford. Devon.
Nobody knows why
the vicar of St Thomas's Church in Lapford murdered his curate in the 19th
century. But as a result of his long ago act of ignominy his ghost now wanders the churchyard with a look of
disdain upon its face.
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Holy
Trinity Church. Buckfastleigh. Devon.
Such was
the reputation of Squire Cabell that when he died Hell Hounds are said to
have come from the wilds of Dartmoor to escort his soul to the eternal fire.
The locals buried him in a specially constructed grave in Buckfastleigh
Church Yard but their endeavours to keep him there proved fruitless.
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Shute Barton Manor.
Shute. Nr. Axminster.Devon.
Shute Barton
Manor in Devon is a classic Haunted Home and is one of the most important
non-fortified medieval manor houses in England. It has had plenty of time to
acquire its own resident ghostly populace one of which is a mysterious grey
lady.
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The Riverside
Inn. Bovey Tracey. Devon.
As Haunted Hotels
go the Riverside inn offers a marvellous setting. In the reception of this
lovely hotel they display a sword which, according to tradition, was the
sword used to kill Thomas a Becket. In addition to this intriguing artefact
there are also several ghosts known to wander within the Inn's walls.
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Lydford Castle.
Lydford. Devon.
A novel yet
unlikely ghost is said to haunt this castle in Devon, which has a strange
almost subdued appearance. Despite the fact he probably never set foot in
Lydford legend maintains that Judge Jeffreys haunts the building in the form
of a huge black pig!
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Okehampton
Castle. Okehampton. Devon.
A dreadful
case of mistaken identity has led to Mary Howard's earthbound wraith being
condemned to travel across Dartmoor in a carriage made of bones. On arrival
at Okehampton Castle the poor lady must perform an onerous and unjust
penance!
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Powderham
Castle. Powderham. Devon.
Dating back to
1379 Powderham Castle is the ancestral home of the Earl and Countess of
Devon. It is also the domain of at least two ghosts and has a gruesome
legends to chill the marrow and send a shiver down the spine. A spooky
castle if ever there was one!
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Tiverton
Castle. Tiverton. Devon.
A romantic tale
lies behind the ghosts that roam the corridors, rooms and grounds at
Tiverton Castle, one of Devon's spookier castles.
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New Inn. Coleford.
Devon.
The name of this
atmospheric and most haunted inn belies a heritage that stretches back to
the 13th century. A long ago tragedy has resulted in a ghostly monk's
wanderings around the old hostelry, while nobody knows what long ago act of
infamy caused the female phantom to become earthbound at the premises.
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The Highwayman.
Sourton. Devon.
This old inn that
looks across at the wild wilderness of Dartmoor is a genuinely haunted and
unusual inn. An Aladdin's cave of eerie rooms, creaking floors and eccentric
furnishings few who venture here in search of true ghost stories leave
disappointed.
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The Royal
Castle Hotel. Dartmouth. Devon.
A veritable
time capsule of ancient panelling, beams of hand-hewn timber reputedly
salvaged from the wood of a wrecked Spanish Armada vessel and a decidedly
royal ghost all await those who set foot inside Dartmouth's Royal Castle
Hotel.
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The Smugglers
Haunt Hotel. Brixham. Devon.
True ghost
stories from this haunted inn situated in the picturesque port of Brixham in
Devon. However, none of the ghosts that roam the corridors are in the least
pit terrifying or harmful. They'll let you be if you let them be!
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Lewtrenchard Manor.
Lewdown. Okehampton. Devon
Now a cosy
and atmospheric hotel the lovely and welcoming Lewtrechard Manor was once
the home of the Reverend
Sabine
Baring-Gould. But it a female member of the family whose ghost has stayed
behind to chill the marrow and tingle the spine.
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Chambercombe Manor.
Ilfracombe. Devon
Bad vibes
and a spooky staircase are just two of the paranormal aspects linked to the
delightful Chambercombe Manor. Many a visitor has experienced the
unexplainable and ghost stories abound at this haunted manor house.
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St. Michael de Rupe.
Brentor. Devon
A wealthy
merchant whose ship was almost wrecked in a storm off the Devon coast was,
according to legend, responsible for building the church of St Michael de
Rupe.
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Wistman's Wood.
Dartmoor. Devon.
Only the very
brave or the very foolish would dare step into the sinister cover of
Wistman's Wood when the howling storms of winter bring the hounds of
hell to this bleak and desolate place on Dartmoor.
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