Project Paranormal

A few years ago we visited a some of the Scottish Hebridean Isles, and while on the Isle of Lewis, came across the Carloway Broch, known as Dun Carloway.

A Broch is an Iron Age structure that was built to defend areas, and was probably also used by the tribe leaders or important members as their home.

Carloway Broch is built on a rocky hill, overlooking Loch an Duin, giving it a good defensive position.

There are many Brochs on The Hebrides, around 500, but this one is one of the best preserved.
It is over 2000 years old, 9meters high and 15meters in diameter. The walls are upto 4meters thick in places.

There appeared to be only one door in, with one main room, then 2 more downstairs.

During the 16th century, the Morrison’s of Ness were thought to have used Dun Carloway as their stronghold. It was later discovered that they had stolen cattle from the MacAuleys of Uig. The MacAuleys used 2 daggers to climb the Broch, and they then smoked out the Morrison’s by burning heather and then they distorted the Tower.

Dun Carloway is only a few miles away from the stunning Callanish Standing Stones, which we visited later that day.

The Scottish Island are beautiful and are full of gems like this. When we went, in May 2016, it was cold and wet, and hopefully if I return it will be in nice weather- Kaz

While holidaying in North Wales 4 years ago, we visited Caernarfon Castle.

It’s a huge castle, and is recognised as one of the best buildings from the Middle Ages in the world. It is a World Heritage site, along with Comwy, Beaumaris and Harlech Castles.

There was an 11th century castle on the site, before it was replaced in 1283 by King Edward I of England. There were large walls built around the town and it took almost 50 years to build.

Caernarfon Castle was the head of administration in Gwynedd, Wales and represented English Power, and therefore it was a target for the Welsh. It was seiged and changed hands between the English and Welsh a few times.

Hostilities between the Welsh and English subsided in 1435 when the Tudors came to the English Throne. This meant that castles like Caernarfon became less important, and were neglected.

Caernarfon Castle was then seiged 3 times during the English Civil War in the 17th century. The castle was ordered to be demolished in 1660 but this never happened.

The castle was abandoned and left to ruin until the late 1870’s, when the government stepped in to fund repairs. It is now under the care of the CADW, and is a major tourist attraction.

There has been an apparition of a lady seen, often glowing, while she floats through the corridors of the castle. Electrical equipment at the Castle has been known to malfunction and this has been put down to the glowing lady.