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Ghosts of the Lost Ninth Hispana Legion in Dunblane a September Haunting



The ghosts of the Lost Legion, the Roman Ninth Hispana Legion have been heard marching through Dunblane, Perthshire during the month of September.

Author A.C. McKerracher tells how in 1974 he heard voices, the jingle of weapons and armour, what he believed to be the sound of thousands of marching men on a September night in Dunblane. He later learned that a neighbour's dog and cat had awakened with raised hackles a the same time as he was hearing the marching army.

Research led McKerracher to the conclusion that he had heard the ghosts of the Ninth Legion marching North to subdue the Caledonian tribes. Legend tells the the IX Hispana Legion marched into Scotland around 117A.D. and were never heard of again, the Lost Legion.

Dunblane certainly has a Roman history, the remains of three Roman camps, a signal station and traces of the Roman North Road can all be found in the parish and the remains of one of the best preserved Roman military earthworks can be found just a few miles away at Ardoch in Braco.

Ten years after McKerracher himself had heard the ghostly Roman Army a member of a local ladies club told him that she had heard what she thought to be an army marching through her garden, this too had occurred in September.

Image:    © Copyright Dr Richard Murray and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

 Other September hauntings:

Ghost of King Edward II Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire

The Grenadier Pub, Wilton Row, London

The Ghost of Annie Chapman, a September Haunting

The ghost of Amy Robsart wife of Sir Robert Dudley, a September Haunting

Sarah Preston the ghost of Boston Stump a September Haunting

Ghosts of the Lost Ninth Hispana Legion in Dunblane a September Haunting

Haunted Newark Castle, Selkirk a September haunting

The ghost of Janet Dalrymple Baldoon Castle a September haunting


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  1. Anonymous28 July 2019 at 15:32

    This is fascinating, about the IX legion!...i think these kind of "repetition" hauntings where ghosts do over and over again what they did in life are very intriguing...

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