You'll never know who may show up in your photographs at the Tulloch Castle

All old castles should have a ghost, and Tulloch is said to have one in the shape of the "Green Lady". Now, just how green she is, and the details of her existence, we do not know, but she has been seen over the centuries. A portrait of her hangs in the Grand Hall. We do know she is one of the daughters of Duncan Davidson the 4th laird of Tulloch also known as "The Stag". The story goes that the little girl walked in on her father in a very compromising position with a female of the castle and fled. Unfortunately in her terror she fell down some stairs and was killed. The painting below had been completed prior to this but later after "The Stag" died he was painted out. You can still see the black area in the upper left of the painting.

The little girl on the left in this painting is suppose to be the Green Lady. The bright spot in the painting might be from the flash or maybe something else!!

A party of 16 American clairvoyants who recently visited Tulloch Castle Hotel, in Dingwall, have assured host Ken MaCaulay, that his premises are definitely haunted! The ladies told Ken they had spent three weeks in Britain visiting historic castles and places of interest and Tulloch Castle was their last stop. They said in many places they had picked up the presence of ghosts, but in others which boasted ghosts, there were none.  But, they did say as soon as they entered Tulloch Castle they had a very positive feeling.

Some time ago, Ken had found a tunnel running from the castle to Castle Street in Dingwall, but had told no one.  The clairvoyants, however, were able to tell him about this tunnel, and that he would find hidden treasures in it. “Tulloch Castle was always supposed to have treasures,” said Ken.  “Certainly I know at one time before the beginning of the century it had one of the biggest collections of paintings outside Paris, but where they all went to I don’t know.” There are two stories about why the tunnel existed.  One that it was used as a means of escape and the other for taking out or in contraband. 

Only last year while excavating  in the dungeon during renovations two female bodies were found in the cellar, which had been there for many decades. Who are they and how did they die no one knows. Some say they were two Nuns but we may never know.

Although Ken has had no ghostly encounters, many of his guests and some of his staff have experienced eerie goings on. “I can’t tell you the number of people who have felt or seen the ghost, particularly the Green Lady,” he said.  “But for everyone I must say it has been a good experience, not a bad one.

It is believed some of these sightings have been reported after the hotel guests have spent sometime in the Green Lady Bar in the hotel.