An historic Scottish village identified to be “haunted” might be all yours for under $173,000.
Situated in a city known as Lawers which sits alongside the shores of Loch Tay in Perth and Kinross, the village is claimed to be house to the “ghost” of the Girl of Lawers — a Seventeenth-century fortune teller.
Spanning 3.3 acres, the land boasts scenic views of Scotland’s central highlands and is made up of ruins from that point interval, together with a home, church and mill.
The “ghost” of the village is claimed to have made some eerie prophecies whereas she was alive which have come true.
In a single occasion, she is alleged to have planted an ash tree on the church, predicting that when it grew to the peak of the little spire, the church would fall, in keeping with Jam Press.
Later, the church turned considerably broken after a powerful thunderstorm hit the world, together with the ash tree, which died within the storm. The church was by no means used once more.
She additionally predicted “a ship pushed by smoke” lengthy earlier than the development of steamships, in keeping with Goldcrest Land and Forestry Group, which holds the itemizing.
An 1841 census suggests there could have been 17 folks residing by the Loch within the village. By 1891, there have been simply seven folks – all of whom lived within the Pier Grasp’s home, which was deserted in 1926.
“It’s a really particular place, and whereas all properties are distinctive in their very own approach, that is maybe extra distinctive than others,” Jon Lambert, a accomplice at Goldcrest Land and Forestry Group, informed Insider, including that its location was additionally a promoting level.
water sports activities can be found on Loch Tay, Loch Earn and Loch Tummel. There’s a golf course at Aberfeldy and Killin.
“Perthshire is likely one of the most fascinating, if not essentially the most fascinating, county of Scotland,” Lambert stated.
“I feel with the entire COVID scene, a few of these locations grow to be increasingly more valuable for my part, with increasingly more folks changing into much less enthusiastic to leap on planes to the opposite aspect of the world,” Lambert informed Insider. “And these little spots of paradise are actually producing an enormous quantity of curiosity. We launched the property on Friday and have been inundated with inquiries and questions.”
It was beforehand on the market in 2016 for $118,000.
