Ruins of an entire ancient village – complete with its own ghost – could be yours for little more than £100,000
The old village is stalked by the spirit of psychic Lady Lawers
BARGAIN hunters can snap up the ruins of an entire village for just £100,000 - complete with its own GHOST.
The tumbledown old village of Lawers, on the shores of Perthshire’s Loch Tay, dates from the 1600s.
The new owner could purchase the entire village for £100,000 but wouldn't be unable to build on it because it is a scheduled ancient monument.
They would also have to contend with the spirit of Lady Lawers, who was said to have been a soothsayer who predicted disasters on the Loch.
The ghost still haunts the ruins to this day according to spooked locals who have caught sight of the psychic Lady.
Jon Lambert, of selling agent John Clegg & Co, said: “An opportunity such as this to acquire part of Scotland’s historical heritage in what many believe to be the most beautiful part of the country arises very rarely.
"The word ‘unique’ is overused but there can be very few times when it is so appropriate as with this chance to be the owner and custodian of an area so rich in history, romance and tradition.”
The three-acre site comprises ruins at each end with an ‘in-field’ in between where the villagers farmed in the past.
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The ruins of the House of Lawers, at the western end, are said to stand on the site of an earlier house razed to the ground by the Marquis of Montrose in 1645.
Also in the western part is the remains of Lawers Kirk, which dates from 1669, while the ruined buildings to the east include a mill and a kiln.
The 1841 census suggests that there may have been 17 people living by the loch in the old village. By 1891 there were only seven people, all of whom lived in the pier master’s house which was abandoned in 1926.
The new owners will need to work with Historic Environment Scotland in safeguarding the ruins and grants may be available.
Lady Lawers has gone down in history for various prophecies - including predicting that a 'ship driven by smoke' would sink in Loch Tay masses of deaths long before the construction of steam ships, one of which did sink in the loch.
She is also supposed to have planted an ash tree at the north end of Lawers Kirk and said that when it grew to the height of the little spire, the church would fall.
The church was so damaged in a thunderstorm in which the ash tree perished that it was never used again.
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