Haunted Medieval Castles - A Must Read For Halloween

Halloween is approaching and for anyone interested in medieval castles, it's a great time to take advantage of a variety of 'spooky' castle tours on offer. 

A good example is that of Carlisle Castle in Cumbria where there are spooky tours and ghost stories on offer. An ideal opportunity for families to enjoy a little fun combined with medieval history. Carlisle Castle is a truly medieval castle and is reported to be very haunted, so it's a great attractions for visitors at this time of year. 

Portcullis at the entrance to Carlisle Castle

Read more about haunted Carlisle Castle. Carlisle Castle is not far from Hadrian's Wall in fact so visitors to the castle often go on to see the Wall and, moving on from medieval history, they can indulge in a little Roman history.

Medieval Sunset Nr Hadrian's Wall

We recently launched a medieval castle videos channel which we hope our medieval castle readers will enjoy and continue to return to view more video clips with a medieval angle.

Apart from covering medieval castles, we have also been busy filming places relating to medieval worship and medieval gardens. A video we recently uploaded is called 'Medieval Sunset' and it was shot at the historic site of Lanercost in Northern England, not far from Hadrian's Wall, just as the sun was setting. The entrance of the medieval priory is west facing so the golden glow of the setting sun reflected off the red stonework of the historic building's facade, making a wonderful sight. The only evidence of other people around was the odd car that passed on the nearby road and a lady out walking her dog - listen out for her comment to us about the beautiful light on the priory windows! Other than that we were alone and the calm atmosphere that prevailed in the golden glow made us think that the view was perhaps little different to what the likes of King Edward I and his queen might have witnessed over 700 years ago when they stayed in this very place.

Lanercost Priory is a little known yet very special building in a truly historic location. Not only is it of significant medieval relevance but it is just a few miles from the World Heritage site of Hadrian's Wall, in the heart of Border Reiver country.

Hadrians Wall cottages for holiday stays can be found right next to the priory in fact so if you ever visit this part of the world, you could be sleeping clost to where medieval royalty slept!

We have a number of previous blog posts about Lanercost