Comlongon Castle

Dumfries, Dumfriesshire

Comlongon Castle is a tower house near Dumfries that dates back to the 15th century. It was extended with an adjoining mansion house in around 1990 and was a family home until 1984. It has since been restored and run as a hotel, but closed down in 2019.

The castle's most famous spook is the ghost of a crying woman believed to be the spirit of a former resident named Lady Marion Carruthers, she's been seen in the tower house. There's also reports of disembodied voices and a dark shadow figure has been seen roaming the mansion house.