Is this 16th century castle with links to Mary Queen of Scots the most haunted property currently on the market?
With Halloween fast approaching we thought it was only right to shine a light on Fife's Earlshall Castle – which comes with eight reception rooms, two dressing rooms, ten bedrooms, six bathrooms and a five car garage.
And that's not to mention the "magnificent" walled garden, parkland, woodland and three separate cottages.
The extravagant castle, which is situated near St Andrews, was built by Sit William Bruce and was said to have been visited by Mary Queen of Scots in 1561 and later King James VI of Scotland. Both are believed to have ridden from Falkland Palace to hunt there.
However it's the legacy of Sir Andrew the Bloody Bruce, the most notorious Baron of Earlshall, that gives visitors something of the chills - with his ghost still said to haunt the property to this day. More specifically, people have reported hearing his footsteps on the spiral stairs.
The castle is currently on the market, with no listed price, and agent Savills – Edinburgh Country Houses say: "Sir Andrew the Bloody Bruce was the most notorious Baron of Earlshall. An officer of Claverhouse's dragoons, he won the Battle of Killiecrackie and earned his name in his brutal putting down of the Covenanters. His footsteps are said to be heard on the spiral stairs of Earlshall to this day.
"The line of Bruce's died out in 1708. The castle was inherited by Henderson of Fordell. His family sold the castle in 1824. No maintenance was carried out and it gradually slipped into a state of dereliction."
That was until Robert Mackenzie from Perth purchased the property in 1890 and employed a young Robert Lorimer, who is considered by many as Scotland's greatest architect, to carry out the restoration.
And these days it's an impressive place, to put it mildly.
Take a look around the property using our gallery above.
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