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Jedburgh Castle Jail

Jedburgh Castle Jail was built as a Howard reform prison in 1823 on the site of Jethart Castle,which was demolished in 1409 to keep it out of the hands of the English. It is the only one of its kind left in Scotland. Men, women and chil dren were held there, but it was mainly used for debtors.

It was notorious for its cruelty and terrible conditions and was finally closed in 1886 after larger prisons were built in Edinburgh and Glasgow and al the prisoners were transferred.The women’s and children’s cell blocks are now open to the public and part of the building has been con verted into a museum of social history featuring exhibi tions of nineteenth-century prison life. Several visitors to the jail have felt that unseen people were there with them. Some have heard footsteps and cell doors banging and seen unusual lights. A team of paranormal investigators from the

Glamorgan Paranormal Society investigated the property recently and recorded orbs of light, flashing lights, smoke, people whistling, doors creaking and the sound of something brushing against the cell walls. Most of them heard ghostly footsteps slowly walking along a corridor. Ireland |