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Coordinates: 55°20′46″N 2°45′25″W / 55.346°N 2.757°W / 55.346; -2.757

Shankend Manor
Classification
Grouping: Haunted Location
Description
Country: Scotland
Status: Local Legend

Shankend Manor is a sixteenth century Elizabethan mansion located some six miles south of Hawick, close to Whitrope Siding in Scotland. It was constructed to manage the surrounding countryside and now overlooks the Edinburgh Waverley line. The manor fell into disuse during the 1930s and by the 1970s had been removed from local road maps.

Haunting

According to local legend the manor and its surrounding grounds are a center of paranormal activity. Some legends hold that the locale is haunted by restless spirits of German soldiers who died there during a cholera outbreak in 1917, at which time the grounds being used as a POW camp. Other legend hold that the manor house itself was the site of one or more events which lead it to develop a paranormal aura.

The most common manifestation reported by these legends is a feeling of dread.

References

  • Herbert W.B. (1989) Railway Ghosts and Phantoms, London: David & Charles PLC, ISBN 0715397834







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